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GENUS PINGUINUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pinguinus mean?
• GENUS PINGUINUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PINGUINUS has 1 sense:
1. great auk
Familiarity information: GENUS PINGUINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Great auk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pinguinus; Pinguinus
Hypernyms ("genus Pinguinus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pinguinus"):
great auk; Pinguinus impennis (large flightless auk of rocky islands off northern Atlantic coasts; extinct)
Holonyms ("genus Pinguinus" is a member of...):
Alcidae; family Alcidae (web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc.)
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