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GENUS BOMBYCILLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus bombycilla mean? 

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

1. waxwingsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS BOMBYCILLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Waxwings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bombycilla; genus bombycilla

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus bombycilla"):

waxwing (brown velvety-plumaged songbirds of the northern hemisphere having crested heads and red waxy wing tips)

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

Bombycillidae; family Bombycillidae (a family of birds of the suborder Oscines)


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