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GENUS ZENAIDURA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Zenaidura mean?
• GENUS ZENAIDURA (noun)
The noun GENUS ZENAIDURA has 1 sense:
1. mourning doves
Familiarity information: GENUS ZENAIDURA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mourning doves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Zenaidura; Zenaidura
Hypernyms ("genus Zenaidura" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Zenaidura"):
mourning dove; Zenaidura macroura (wild dove of the United States having a mournful call)
Holonyms ("genus Zenaidura" is a member of...):
Columbidae; family Columbidae (doves and pigeons)
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