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GENUS LEPTOPTILUS

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

1. adjutant birds and marabous

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

• GENUS LEPTOPTILUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Adjutant birds and marabous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Leptoptilus; Leptoptilus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Leptoptilus"):

adjutant; adjutant bird; adjutant stork; Leptoptilus dubius (large Indian stork with a military gait)

Leptoptilus crumeniferus; marabou; marabou stork; marabout (large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments)

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

Ciconiidae; family Ciconiidae (storks)

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(Arabic proverb)
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(Danish proverb)

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