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NEOPHRON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

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Meaning:

A genus of Accipitridae

Synonyms:

genus Neophron; Neophron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Neophron"):

Egyptian vulture; Neophron percnopterus; Pharaoh's chicken (small mostly white vulture of Africa and southern Eurasia)

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

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

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