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GENUS DIOMEDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Diomedea mean? 

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

1. type of the Diomedeidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS DIOMEDEA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type of the Diomedeidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Diomedea"):

Diomedea exulans; wandering albatross (very large albatross; white with wide black wings)

black-footed albatross; Diomedea nigripes; gooney; gooney bird; goonie; goony (a variety of albatross with black feet)

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

Diomedeidae; family Diomedeidae (albatrosses)


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