GENUS SINORNIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sinornis mean? 

• GENUS SINORNIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS SINORNIS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of fossil birds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SINORNIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of fossil birds

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Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sinornis"):

Sinornis (sparrow-sized fossil bird of the Jurassic period to the Cretaceous period having a keeled breastbone and vestigial tail; found in China; considered possibly the second most primitive of all birds)

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

Archaeornithes; subclass Archaeornithes (primitive reptile-like fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous)