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GYPS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Accipitridae

Synonyms:

genus Gyps; Gyps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Gyps" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Gyps"):

griffon; griffon vulture; Gyps fulvus (large vulture of southern Europe and northern Africa having pale plumage with black wings)

Holonyms ("Gyps" is a member of...):

Accipitridae; family Accipitridae (hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles)

 II. (verb) 

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Present simple (third person singular) of the verb gyp

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