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SYRRHAPTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Syrrhaptes mean?
• SYRRHAPTES (noun)
The noun SYRRHAPTES has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Pteroclididae
Familiarity information: SYRRHAPTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Pteroclididae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Syrrhaptes; Syrrhaptes
Hypernyms ("Syrrhaptes" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Syrrhaptes"):
pallas's sandgrouse; Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Eurasiatic sandgrouse with a black patch on the belly)
Holonyms ("Syrrhaptes" is a member of...):
family Pteroclididae; Pteroclididae (sandgrouses)
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