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RAPHUS CUCULLATUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Raphus cucullatus mean? 

RAPHUS CUCULLATUS (noun)
  The noun RAPHUS CUCULLATUS has 1 sense:

1. extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeonsplay

  Familiarity information: RAPHUS CUCULLATUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RAPHUS CUCULLATUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct heavy flightless bird of Mauritius related to pigeons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

dodo; Raphus cucullatus

Hypernyms ("Raphus cucullatus" is a kind of...):

columbiform bird (a cosmopolitan order of land birds having small heads and short legs with four unwebbed toes)

Holonyms ("Raphus cucullatus" is a member of...):

genus Raphus; Raphus (type genus of the Raphidae: dodos)


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