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    GENUS MELEAGRIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeysplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Meleagris; Meleagris

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Meleagris"):

    Meleagris gallopavo; turkey (large gallinaceous bird with fan-shaped tail; widely domesticated for food)

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

    family Meleagrididae; Meleagrididae (turkeys and some extinct forms)

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