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SYRRHAPTES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Pteroclididae

Synonyms:

genus Syrrhaptes; Syrrhaptes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Syrrhaptes"):

pallas's sandgrouse; Syrrhaptes paradoxus (Eurasiatic sandgrouse with a black patch on the belly)

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

family Pteroclididae; Pteroclididae (sandgrouses)

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