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MELOPSITTACUS

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Meaning:

A genus of Psittacidae

Synonyms:

genus Melopsittacus; Melopsittacus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Melopsittacus"):

budgereegah; budgerigar; budgerygah; budgie; grass parakeet; lovebird; Melopsittacus undulatus; shell parakeet (small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors)

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

family Psittacidae; Psittacidae (coextensive with the order Psittaciformes)

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