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CRACTICUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds

Synonyms:

Cracticus; genus Cracticus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Cracticus"):

butcherbird (large carnivorous Australian bird with the shrike-like habit of impaling prey on thorns)

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

Cracticidae; family Cracticidae (Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae)

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