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XENICUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Xenicus mean?
• XENICUS (noun)
The noun XENICUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus for the Xenicidae
Familiarity information: XENICUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus for the Xenicidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Xenicus; Xenicus
Hypernyms ("Xenicus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Xenicus"):
rock wren; Xenicus gilviventris (short-tailed bird resembling a wren)
Holonyms ("Xenicus" is a member of...):
Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae (alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens)
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