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GENUS ANTHUS

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

1. pipits

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

• GENUS ANTHUS (noun)

Sense 1

genus Anthus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Pipits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anthus; genus Anthus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Anthus"):

lark; pipit; titlark (a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage)

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

family Motacillidae; Motacillidae (pipits and wagtails)

"Nothing ventured, nothing gained."
(English proverb)
"One finger cannot lift a pebble."
(Native American proverb, Hopi)
"If the village stands, it can break a trunk."
(Armenian proverb)
"It hits like a grip on a pig."
(Dutch proverb)

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