GYMNORHINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gymnorhina mean? 

• GYMNORHINA (noun)
  The noun GYMNORHINA has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows

  Familiarity information: GYMNORHINA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GYMNORHINA (noun)

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Meaning:

In some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Gymnorhina; Gymnorhina

Hypernyms ("Gymnorhina" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Gymnorhina"):

Gymnorhina tibicen; piping crow; piping crow-shrike (crow-sized black-and-white bird; a good mimic often caged)

Holonyms ("Gymnorhina" is a member of...):

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