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GENUS NOTORNIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Notornis mean?
• GENUS NOTORNIS (noun)
The noun GENUS NOTORNIS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Rallidae
Familiarity information: GENUS NOTORNIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Rallidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Notornis" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Notornis"):
notornis; Notornis mantelli; takahe (flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules)
Holonyms ("genus Notornis" is a member of...):
family Rallidae; Rallidae (rails; crakes; gallinules; coots)
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