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GENUS SCELOGLAUX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sceloglaux mean? 

GENUS SCELOGLAUX (noun)
  The noun GENUS SCELOGLAUX has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Strigidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS SCELOGLAUX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Strigidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sceloglaux; Sceloglaux

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sceloglaux"):

laughing jackass; laughing owl; Sceloglaux albifacies (almost extinct owl of New Zealand)

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

family Strigidae; Strigidae (a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes)


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