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GENUS DIOMEDEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type of the Diomedeidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Diomedea" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Diomedea"):

Diomedea exulans; wandering albatross (very large albatross; white with wide black wings)

black-footed albatross; Diomedea nigripes; gooney; gooney bird; goonie; goony (a variety of albatross with black feet)

Holonyms ("genus Diomedea" is a member of...):

Diomedeidae; family Diomedeidae (albatrosses)

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