PARUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the family Paridae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Paridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Parus; Parus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Parus"):

chickadee (any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America)

Parus bicolor; tufted titmouse (crested titmouse of eastern and midwestern United States)

blue tit; Parus caeruleus; tomtit (widely distributed European titmouse with bright cobalt blue wings and tail and crown of the head)

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

family Paridae; Paridae (titmice and chickadees)