TYRANNUS
Dictionary entry overview: What does Tyrannus mean? • TYRANNUS (noun)
The noun TYRANNUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers
Familiarity information: TYRANNUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TYRANNUS (noun)
Meaning:
Type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tyrannus; Tyrannus
Hypernyms ("Tyrannus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Tyrannus"):
kingbird; Tyrannus tyrannus (large American flycatcher)
Holonyms ("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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