GENUS PICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pica mean? 

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

1. magpies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PICA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Magpies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pica; Pica

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Pica"):

magpie (long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call)

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

Corvidae; family Corvidae (crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay)