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GENUS GYMNORHINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gymnorhina mean? 

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

1. in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crowsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS GYMNORHINA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Gymnorhina; Gymnorhina

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Gymnorhina"):

Gymnorhina tibicen; piping crow; piping crow-shrike (crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged)

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

Cracticidae; family Cracticidae (Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae)


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