GENUS PHALACROCORAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phalacrocorax mean? 

• GENUS PHALACROCORAX (noun)
  The noun GENUS PHALACROCORAX has 1 sense:

1. type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PHALACROCORAX (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus: coextensive with the family Phalacrocoracidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Phalacrocorax; Phalacrocorax

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Phalacrocorax"):

cormorant; Phalacrocorax carbo (large voracious dark-colored long-necked seabird with a distensible pouch for holding fish; used in Asia to catch fish)

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

family Phalacrocoracidae; Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)