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COLLOCALIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Apodidae

Synonyms:

Collocalia; genus Collocalia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Collocalia"):

Collocalia inexpectata; swiftlet (swift of eastern Asia; produces the edible bird's nest)

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

Apodidae; family Apodidae (swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes)

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