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GENUS PLUVIANUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pluvianus mean?
• GENUS PLUVIANUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PLUVIANUS has 1 sense:
1. coursers
Familiarity information: GENUS PLUVIANUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coursers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pluvianus; Pluvianus
Hypernyms ("genus Pluvianus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pluvianus"):
crocodile bird; Pluvianus aegyptius (African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles)
Holonyms ("genus Pluvianus" is a member of...):
family Glareolidae; Glareolidae (Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers)
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