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GENUS XENICUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus for the Xenicidae

Synonyms:

genus Xenicus; Xenicus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Xenicus"):

rock wren; Xenicus gilviventris (short-tailed bird resembling a wren)

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

Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae (alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens)

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