EUDYPTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eudyptes mean? 

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

1. rock hoppers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUDYPTES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rock hoppers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eudyptes; genus Eudyptes

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Eudyptes"):

crested penguin; rock hopper (small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand)

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

family Spheniscidae; Spheniscidae (comprising all existing penguins)