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MILVUS MIGRANS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Milvus migrans mean?

• MILVUS MIGRANS (noun)
The noun MILVUS MIGRANS has 1 sense:

1. dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion

Familiarity information: MILVUS MIGRANS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MILVUS MIGRANS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Dark Old World kite feeding chiefly on carrion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black kite; Milvus migrans

Hypernyms ("Milvus migrans" is a kind of...):

kite (any of several small graceful hawks of the family Accipitridae having long pointed wings and feeding on insects and small animals)

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