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PEZOPHAPS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pezophaps mean? 

PEZOPHAPS (noun)
  The noun PEZOPHAPS has 1 sense:

1. constituted by the extinct solitaireplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PEZOPHAPS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Constituted by the extinct solitaire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pezophaps; Pezophaps

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Pezophaps"):

Pezophaps solitaria; solitaire (extinct flightless bird related to the dodo)

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

family Raphidae; Raphidae (extinct dodos and solitaires)


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