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LOPHODYTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Lophodytes mean?
• LOPHODYTES (noun)
The noun LOPHODYTES has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Merginae
Familiarity information: LOPHODYTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Merginae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Lophodytes; Lophodytes
Hypernyms ("Lophodytes" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Lophodytes"):
hooded merganser; hooded sheldrake; Lophodytes cucullatus (small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head)
Holonyms ("Lophodytes" is a member of...):
Merginae; subfamily Merginae (mergansers and closely related diving birds)
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