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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)

Sense 1

genus Burhinus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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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