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PLECTROPHENAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Plectrophenax mean? 

PLECTROPHENAX (noun)
  The noun PLECTROPHENAX has 1 sense:

1. snow buntingplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PLECTROPHENAX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Snow bunting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Plectrophenax; Plectrophenax

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Plectrophenax"):

Plectrophenax nivalis; snow bunting; snowbird; snowflake (white Arctic bunting)

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

Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizidae; subfamily Emberizinae (buntings and some New World sparrows)


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