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GENUS BOMBINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bombina mean? 

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

1. fire-bellied toadsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS BOMBINA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fire-bellied toads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bombina; genus Bombina

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

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "genus Bombina"):

Bombina bombina; fire-bellied toad (toad of central and eastern Europe having red or orange patches mixed with black on its underside)

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

Discoglossidae; family Discoglossidae (family of Old World toads having a fixed disklike tongue)


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