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GENUS SILVIA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers

Synonyms:

genus Silvia; Silvia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Silvia"):

blackcap; Silvia atricapilla (small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown)

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

family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)

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