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COCHLEARIUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Cochlearius mean?
• COCHLEARIUS (noun)
The noun COCHLEARIUS has 1 sense:
1. boatbills
Familiarity information: COCHLEARIUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Boatbills
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cochlearius; genus Cochlearius
Hypernyms ("Cochlearius" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Cochlearius"):
boat-billed heron; boatbill; broadbill; Cochlearius cochlearius (tropical American heron related to night herons)
Holonyms ("Cochlearius" is a member of...):
Ardeidae; family Ardeidae (herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns)
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