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GENUS CAMPEPHILUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Campephilus mean?
• GENUS CAMPEPHILUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CAMPEPHILUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Picidae
Familiarity information: GENUS CAMPEPHILUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Picidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Campephilus; genus Campephilus
Hypernyms ("genus Campephilus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Campephilus"):
Campephilus principalis; ivory-billed woodpecker; ivorybill (large black-and-white woodpecker of southern United States and Cuba having an ivory bill; nearly extinct)
Holonyms ("genus Campephilus" is a member of...):
family Picidae; Picidae (woodpeckers)
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