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    GENUS LEPTOPTILUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Adjutant birds and marabousplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Leptoptilus; Leptoptilus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Leptoptilus"):

    adjutant; adjutant bird; adjutant stork; Leptoptilus dubius (large Indian stork with a military gait)

    Leptoptilus crumeniferus; marabou; marabou stork; marabout (large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments)

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

    Ciconiidae; family Ciconiidae (storks)

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