ATRICHORNIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Atrichornis mean? 

• ATRICHORNIS (noun)
  The noun ATRICHORNIS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Atrichornithidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATRICHORNIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Atrichornithidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atrichornis; genus Atrichornis

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Atrichornis"):

scrub-bird; scrub bird; scrubbird (small fast-running Australian bird resembling a wren and frequenting brush or scrub)

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

Atrichornithidae; family Atrichornithidae (scrubbirds)