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GENUS ACANTHISITTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Acanthisitta mean? 

GENUS ACANTHISITTA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ACANTHISITTA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Xenicidaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS ACANTHISITTA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ACANTHISITTA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Xenicidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acanthisitta; genus Acanthisitta

Hypernyms ("genus Acanthisitta" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Acanthisitta"):

Acanthisitta chloris; rifleman bird (small green-and-bronze bird)

Holonyms ("genus Acanthisitta" is a member of...):

Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae (alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens)


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