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GENUS CHATEURA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chateura mean?
• GENUS CHATEURA (noun)
The noun GENUS CHATEURA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Apodidae
Familiarity information: GENUS CHATEURA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Apodidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Chateura; genus Chateura
Hypernyms ("genus Chateura" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Chateura"):
Chateura pelagica; chimney swallow; chimney swift (American swift that nests in e.g. unused chimneys)
Holonyms ("genus Chateura" is a member of...):
Apodidae; family Apodidae (swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes)
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