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GENUS ICTERUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Icterus mean?
• GENUS ICTERUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ICTERUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Icteridae
Familiarity information: GENUS ICTERUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Icteridae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Icterus; Icterus
Hypernyms ("genus Icterus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Icterus"):
Icterus galbula; northern oriole (a kind of New World oriole)
Icterus spurius; orchard oriole (the male is chestnut-and-black)
Holonyms ("genus Icterus" is a member of...):
family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)
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