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PROCNIAS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Procnias mean? 

PROCNIAS (noun)
  The noun PROCNIAS has 1 sense:

1. bellbirdsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PROCNIAS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bellbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Procnias; Procnias

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Procnias"):

bellbird (any of several tropical American birds of the genus Procnias having a bell-like call)

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

Cotingidae; family Cotingidae (cotingas; umbrella birds)


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