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ACROCEPHALUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Acrocephalus mean? 

ACROCEPHALUS (noun)
  The noun ACROCEPHALUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Sylviidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ACROCEPHALUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Sylviidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acrocephalus; genus Acrocephalus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Holonyms ("Acrocephalus" 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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