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PTILONORHYNCHUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Ptilonorhynchidae

Synonyms:

genus Ptilonorhynchus; Ptilonorhynchus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Ptilonorhynchus"):

Ptilonorhynchus violaceus; satin bird; satin bowerbird (of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green)

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

family Ptilonorhynchidae; Ptilonorhynchidae (bowerbirds)

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