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GENUS IRENA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds

Synonyms:

genus Irena; Irena

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Irena"):

bluebird; fairy bluebird (fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies)

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

family Irenidae; Irenidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)

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