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GENUS PHAETHON

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

1. type genus of the Phaethontidae

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

• GENUS PHAETHON (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Phaethontidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Phaethon; Phaethon

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Phaethon"):

boatswain bird; tropic bird; tropicbird (mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land)

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

family Phaethontidae; Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)

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