Audio English.net » Dictionary » T » Three-fold ... Thrinax Morrisii

THRESKIORNIS

Dictionary entry overview: What does Threskiornis mean?

• THRESKIORNIS (noun)
The noun THRESKIORNIS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Threskiornithidae

Familiarity information: THRESKIORNIS used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• THRESKIORNIS (noun)

Sense 1

Threskiornis ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Type genus of the Threskiornithidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Threskiornis; Threskiornis

Hypernyms ("Threskiornis" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Threskiornis"):

sacred ibis; Threskiornis aethiopica (African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians)

Holonyms ("Threskiornis" is a member of...):

family Ibidiidae; family Threskiornithidae; Threskiornithidae (ibises)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"No man is an island" (English proverb)

"You must first walk around a bit before you can understand the distance from the valley to the mountain." (Bhutanese proverb)

"The earth is a beehive; we all enter by the same door but live in different cells." (African proverb)

"Don't sell the fur before shooting the bear." (Danish proverb)

THRESKIORNIS: related words searches

» What does sacred ibis mean?
» What does family Ibidiidae mean?
» Definition of family Threskiornithidae
» What does Threskiornis aethiopica mean?
» Definition of Threskiornithidae

Page delivered in 0.0323 seconds