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POLYBORUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Falconidae

Synonyms:

genus Polyborus; Polyborus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Polyborus"):

Audubon's caracara; Polyborus cheriway audubonii (widespread from southern United States to Central America; rusty black with black-and-white breast and tail)

carancha; Polyborus plancus (South American caracara)

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

Falconidae; family Falconidae (a family of birds of the order Falconiformes)

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