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    GENUS NYCTICORAX

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Old World night heronsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Nycticorax; Nycticorax

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Nycticorax"):

    black-crowned night heron; Nycticorax nycticorax (night heron of both Old and New Worlds)

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

    Ardeidae; family Ardeidae (herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns)

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