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GENUS CRAX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Crax mean?
• GENUS CRAX (noun)
The noun GENUS CRAX has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Cracidae: curassows
Familiarity information: GENUS CRAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Cracidae: curassows
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Crax; genus Crax
Hypernyms ("genus Crax" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Crax"):
curassow (large crested arboreal game bird of warm parts of the Americas having long legs and tails; highly esteemed as game and food)
Holonyms ("genus Crax" is a member of...):
Cracidae; family Cracidae (curassows; guans; chachalacas)
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