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ANI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ani mean?
• ANI (noun)
The noun ANI has 1 sense:
1. black tropical American cuckoo
Familiarity information: ANI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Black tropical American cuckoo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("ani" is a kind of...):
cuckoo (any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail)
Holonyms ("ani" is a member of...):
Crotophaga; genus Crotophaga (ani)
Context examples
A tissue sample that contains the bulbocavernosus and the levator ani.
(Levator Ani/Bulbospongiosus, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A laboratory specimen consisting of the bulbocavernosus and the levator ani.
(Levator Ani/Bulbospongiosus, NCI Thesaurus)
The aspect of the prostate facing the anterior portions of the Levatores ani muscles.
(Lateral Surface of the Prostate, NCI Thesaurus)
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