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GENUS CAPRIMULGUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Caprimulgus mean?

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

1. type genus of the Caprimulgidae

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS CAPRIMULGUS (noun)

Sense 1

genus Caprimulgus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Type genus of the Caprimulgidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caprimulgus; genus Caprimulgus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Caprimulgus"):

Caprimulgus europaeus; European goatsucker; European nightjar (Old World goatsucker)

Caprimulgus carolinensis; chuck-will's-widow (large whippoorwill-like bird of the southern United States)

Caprimulgus vociferus; whippoorwill (American nocturnal goatsucker with grey-and-white plumage)

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

Caprimulgidae; family Caprimulgidae (goatsuckers)

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