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GENUS CAMPYLORHYNCHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Campylorhynchus mean? 

GENUS CAMPYLORHYNCHUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS CAMPYLORHYNCHUS has 1 sense:

1. alternative classifications for the cactus wrensplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS CAMPYLORHYNCHUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CAMPYLORHYNCHUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Alternative classifications for the cactus wrens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Campylorhynchus; genus Campylorhynchus; genus Heleodytes; Heleodytes

Hypernyms ("genus Campylorhynchus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Campylorhynchus"):

cactus wren (large harsh-voiced American wren of arid regions of the United States southwest and Mexico)

Holonyms ("genus Campylorhynchus" is a member of...):

family Troglodytidae; Troglodytidae (wrens)


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