GENUS LUSCINIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Luscinia mean? 

• GENUS LUSCINIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS LUSCINIA has 1 sense:

1. nightingales

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS LUSCINIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nightingales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Luscinia; Luscinia

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Luscinia"):

Luscinia megarhynchos; nightingale (European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song)

Luscinia luscinia; thrush nightingale (large nightingale of eastern Europe)

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

family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)