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GENUS ANHINGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Anhinga mean?
• GENUS ANHINGA (noun)
The noun GENUS ANHINGA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Anhingidae
Familiarity information: GENUS ANHINGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Anhingidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Anhinga" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Anhinga"):
anhinga; darter; snakebird (fish-eating bird of warm inland waters having a long flexible neck and slender sharp-pointed bill)
Holonyms ("genus Anhinga" is a member of...):
Anhingidae; family Anhingidae (snakebirds)
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