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GENUS SIREN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Siren mean?
• GENUS SIREN (noun)
The noun GENUS SIREN has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Sirenidae
Familiarity information: GENUS SIREN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Sirenidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Siren" is a kind of...):
amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)
Meronyms (members of "genus Siren"):
siren (eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills)
Holonyms ("genus Siren" is a member of...):
family Sirenidae; Sirenidae (sirens)
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