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GENUS EUDYPTES

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eudyptes mean?

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

1. rock hoppers

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS EUDYPTES (noun)

Sense 1

genus Eudyptes ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Rock hoppers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eudyptes; genus Eudyptes

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Eudyptes"):

crested penguin; rock hopper (small penguin of the Falkland Islands and New Zealand)

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

family Spheniscidae; Spheniscidae (comprising all existing penguins)

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