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GENUS TETRAO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tetrao mean?
• GENUS TETRAO (noun)
The noun GENUS TETRAO has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies
Familiarity information: GENUS TETRAO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tetrao; Tetrao
Hypernyms ("genus Tetrao" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Tetrao"):
capercaillie; capercailzie; horse of the wood; Tetrao urogallus (large black Old World grouse)
Holonyms ("genus Tetrao" is a member of...):
family Tetraonidae; Tetraonidae (grouse)
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