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PYGOSCELIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Spheniscidae

Synonyms:

genus Pygoscelis; Pygoscelis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Pygoscelis"):

Adelie; Adelie penguin; Pygoscelis adeliae (medium-sized penguins occurring in large colonies on the Adelie Coast of Antarctica)

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

family Spheniscidae; Spheniscidae (comprising all existing penguins)

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