GENUS TROGLODYTES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Troglodytes mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Troglodytidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TROGLODYTES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Troglodytidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Troglodytes; Troglodytes

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Troglodytes"):

Troglodytes troglodytes; winter wren (small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere)

house wren; Troglodytes aedon (common American wren that nests around houses)

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

family Troglodytidae; Troglodytidae (wrens)