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GENUS ICTERUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Icteridae

Synonyms:

genus Icterus; Icterus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Icterus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Icterus"):

Icterus galbula; northern oriole (a kind of New World oriole)

Icterus spurius; orchard oriole (the male is chestnut-and-black)

Holonyms ("genus Icterus" is a member of...):

family Icteridae; Icteridae (American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks)

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