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GENUS STREPERA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Strepera mean? 

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

1. bell magpiesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS STREPERA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bell magpies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Strepera; Strepera

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Strepera"):

bell magpie; currawong (bluish black fruit-eating bird with a bell-like call)

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

Cracticidae; family Cracticidae (Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae)


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