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GENUS IXOBRYCHUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bitterns

Synonyms:

genus Ixobrychus; Ixobrychus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ixobrychus"):

Ixobrychus exilis; least bittern (small American bittern)

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

Ardeidae; family Ardeidae (herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns)

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