TYRANNUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tyrannus mean? 

• TYRANNUS (noun)
  The noun TYRANNUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers

  Familiarity information: TYRANNUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TYRANNUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tyrannus; Tyrannus

Hypernyms ("Tyrannus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Tyrannus"):

kingbird; Tyrannus tyrannus (large American flycatcher)

Holonyms ("Tyrannus" is a member of...):

superfamily Tyrannidae; Tyrannidae (New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada)