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GENUS IRENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Irena mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirdsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS IRENA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Irena; Irena

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Irena"):

bluebird; fairy bluebird (fruit-eating mostly brilliant blue songbird of the East Indies)

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

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


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