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GENUS HYDROBATES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hydrobates mean?
• GENUS HYDROBATES (noun)
The noun GENUS HYDROBATES has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Hydrobatidae
Familiarity information: GENUS HYDROBATES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Hydrobatidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Hydrobates; Hydrobates
Hypernyms ("genus Hydrobates" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hydrobates"):
Hydrobates pelagicus; northern storm petrel; stormy petrel (sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean)
Holonyms ("genus Hydrobates" is a member of...):
family Hydrobatidae; Hydrobatidae (storm petrels)
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