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GENUS APHRIZA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aphriza mean? 

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

1. a genus of Scolopacidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS APHRIZA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Scolopacidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aphriza; genus Aphriza

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aphriza"):

Aphriza virgata; surfbird (sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America)

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

family Scolopacidae; Scolopacidae (sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers)


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