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GENUS PEDIONOMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pedionomus mean?
• GENUS PEDIONOMUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PEDIONOMUS has 1 sense:
1. plain wanderer
Familiarity information: GENUS PEDIONOMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plain wanderer
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pedionomus; Pedionomus
Hypernyms ("genus Pedionomus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pedionomus"):
Pedionomus torquatus; plain wanderer (small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains)
Holonyms ("genus Pedionomus" is a member of...):
family Turnicidae; Turnicidae (small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail)
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