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GENUS PHAETHON

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Phaethontidae

Synonyms:

genus Phaethon; Phaethon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Phaethon"):

boatswain bird; tropic bird; tropicbird (mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land)

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

family Phaethontidae; Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)

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