GENUS REGULUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Regulus mean? 

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

1. a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS REGULUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Regulus; Regulus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Regulus"):

kinglet (small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice)

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

family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)