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SILVIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Silvia mean? 

SILVIA (noun)
  The noun SILVIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Sylviidae: warblersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SILVIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Silvia; Silvia

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Silvia"):

blackcap; Silvia atricapilla (small brownish-grey warbler with a black crown)

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

family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)


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