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NUCIFRAGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nucifraga mean?
• NUCIFRAGA (noun)
The noun NUCIFRAGA has 1 sense:
1. nutcrackers
Familiarity information: NUCIFRAGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Nutcrackers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Nucifraga; Nucifraga
Hypernyms ("Nucifraga" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Nucifraga"):
nutcracker (speckled birds that feed on nuts)
Holonyms ("Nucifraga" is a member of...):
Corvidae; family Corvidae (crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay)
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