GENUS BURHINUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Burhinus mean? • GENUS BURHINUS (noun)
The noun GENUS BURHINUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews
Familiarity information: GENUS BURHINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS BURHINUS (noun)
Meaning:
Type genus of the Burhinidae: stone curlews
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Burhinus; genus Burhinus
Hypernyms ("genus Burhinus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Burhinus"):
Burhinus oedicnemus; stone curlew; thick-knee (large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint)
Holonyms ("genus Burhinus" is a member of...):
Burhinidae; family Burhinidae (large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews)
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