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GENUS PINICOLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pinicola mean?
• GENUS PINICOLA (noun)
The noun GENUS PINICOLA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Fringillidae
Familiarity information: GENUS PINICOLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Fringillidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pinicola; Pinicola
Hypernyms ("genus Pinicola" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pinicola"):
pine grosbeak; Pinicola enucleator (large grosbeak of coniferous forests of Old and New Worlds)
Holonyms ("genus Pinicola" is a member of...):
family Fringillidae; Fringillidae (finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings)
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