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GENUS COTINGA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cotinga mean?
• GENUS COTINGA (noun)
The noun GENUS COTINGA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Cotingidae: cotingas
Familiarity information: GENUS COTINGA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Cotingidae: cotingas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Cotinga" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Cotinga"):
chatterer; cotinga (passerine bird of New World tropics)
Holonyms ("genus Cotinga" is a member of...):
Cotingidae; family Cotingidae (cotingas; umbrella birds)
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