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GENUS LYRURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lyrurus mean? 

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

1. black grouseplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS LYRURUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Black grouse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lyrurus; Lyrurus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Lyrurus"):

black grouse (grouse of which the male is bluish-black)

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

family Tetraonidae; Tetraonidae (grouse)


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