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CHATEURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Chateura mean? 

CHATEURA (noun)
  The noun CHATEURA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Apodidaeplay

  Familiarity information: CHATEURA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CHATEURA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Apodidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chateura; genus Chateura

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Chateura"):

Chateura pelagica; chimney swallow; chimney swift (American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys)

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

Apodidae; family Apodidae (swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes)


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