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MILVUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Milvus mean?
• MILVUS (noun)
The noun MILVUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus including the common European kits
Familiarity information: MILVUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus including the common European kits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus-Milvus; Milvus
Hypernyms ("Milvus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Holonyms ("Milvus" is a member of...):
Accipitridae; family Accipitridae (hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles)
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