GENUS SINORNIS

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Meaning:

A genus of fossil birds

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Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sinornis"):

Sinornis (sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Jurassic period to the Cretaceous period having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds)

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

Archaeornithes; subclass Archaeornithes (primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous)

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