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GENUS EUDYPTES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eudyptes mean?
• GENUS EUDYPTES (noun)
The noun GENUS EUDYPTES has 1 sense:
1. rock hoppers
Familiarity information: GENUS EUDYPTES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rock hoppers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Eudyptes; genus Eudyptes
Hypernyms ("genus Eudyptes" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Eudyptes"):
crested penguin; rock hopper (small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand)
Holonyms ("genus Eudyptes" is a member of...):
family Spheniscidae; Spheniscidae (comprising all existing penguins)
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