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GENUS TYRANNUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tyrannus mean?

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

1. type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS TYRANNUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tyrannus; Tyrannus

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tyrannus"):

kingbird; Tyrannus tyrannus (large American flycatcher)

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

superfamily Tyrannidae; Tyrannidae (New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada)

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