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    BALAENICEPS REX

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoeplay

    Synonyms:

    Balaeniceps rex; shoebill; shoebird

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    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Balaeniceps rex" is a kind of...):

    wader; wading bird (any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food)

    Holonyms ("Balaeniceps rex" is a member of...):

    Balaeniceps; genus Balaeniceps (type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills)

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