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GENUS PICUMNUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Picumnus mean?
• GENUS PICUMNUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PICUMNUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Picidae
Familiarity information: GENUS PICUMNUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Picidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Picumnus; Picumnus
Hypernyms ("genus Picumnus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Picumnus"):
piculet (small woodpeckers of South America and Africa and East Indies having soft rounded tail feathers)
Holonyms ("genus Picumnus" is a member of...):
family Picidae; Picidae (woodpeckers)
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