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GENUS PHAETHON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phaethon mean?
• GENUS PHAETHON (noun)
The noun GENUS PHAETHON has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Phaethontidae
Familiarity information: GENUS PHAETHON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Phaethontidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Phaethon; Phaethon
Hypernyms ("genus Phaethon" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Phaethon"):
boatswain bird; tropic bird; tropicbird (mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land)
Holonyms ("genus Phaethon" is a member of...):
family Phaethontidae; Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)
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