MELANITTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Melanitta mean? 

• MELANITTA (noun)
  The noun MELANITTA has 1 sense:

1. scoters

  Familiarity information: MELANITTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELANITTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scoters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Melanitta; Melanitta

Hypernyms ("Melanitta" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Melanitta"):

scooter; scoter (large black diving duck of northern parts of the northern hemisphere)

Holonyms ("Melanitta" is a member of...):

Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)