CICONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ciconia mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CICONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ciconia; genus Ciconia

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Ciconia"):

Ciconia ciconia; white stork (the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill)

black stork; Ciconia nigra (Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below)

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

Ciconiidae; family Ciconiidae (storks)