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TETRAO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies

Synonyms:

genus Tetrao; Tetrao

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Tetrao"):

capercaillie; capercailzie; horse of the wood; Tetrao urogallus (large black Old World grouse)

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

family Tetraonidae; Tetraonidae (grouse)

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