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GENUS PEZOPHAPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pezophaps mean? 

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

1. constituted by the extinct solitaireplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS PEZOPHAPS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Constituted by the extinct solitaire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pezophaps; Pezophaps

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pezophaps"):

Pezophaps solitaria; solitaire (extinct flightless bird related to the dodo)

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

family Raphidae; Raphidae (extinct dodos and solitaires)


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