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GENUS CICONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ciconia mean?
• GENUS CICONIA (noun)
The noun GENUS CICONIA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks
Familiarity information: GENUS CICONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Ciconiidae: European storks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ciconia; genus Ciconia
Hypernyms ("genus Ciconia" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Ciconia"):
Ciconia ciconia; white stork (the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill)
black stork; Ciconia nigra (Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below)
Holonyms ("genus Ciconia" is a member of...):
Ciconiidae; family Ciconiidae (storks)
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