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TYRANNUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers

Synonyms:

genus Tyrannus; Tyrannus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Tyrannus"):

kingbird; Tyrannus tyrannus (large American flycatcher)

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

superfamily Tyrannidae; Tyrannidae (New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada)

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