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GAVIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gavia mean? 

GAVIA (noun)
  The noun GAVIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Gavidae: loonsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GAVIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Gavidae: loons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gavia; genus Gavia

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Gavia"):

diver; loon (large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the northern hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes)

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

family Gavidae; Gavidae (loon family)


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