GENUS SOMATERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Somateria mean? 

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

1. eider ducks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SOMATERIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eider ducks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Somateria; Somateria

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Somateria"):

eider; eider duck (duck of the northern hemisphere much valued for the fine soft down of the females)

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

Anatidae; family Anatidae (swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks)