RAPHUS CUCULLATUS

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Meaning:

Extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons

Synonyms:

dodo; Raphus cucullatus

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Raphus cucullatus" is a kind of...):

columbiform bird (a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes)

Holonyms ("Raphus cucullatus" is a member of...):

genus Raphus; Raphus (type genus of the Raphidae: dodos)

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