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CENTROPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Centropus mean?
• CENTROPUS (noun)
The noun CENTROPUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Cuculidae
Familiarity information: CENTROPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Cuculidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Centropus; genus Centropus
Hypernyms ("Centropus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Centropus"):
coucal (Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw)
Holonyms ("Centropus" is a member of...):
Cuculidae; family Cuculidae (includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner)
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