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    GENUS PELECANUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Pelecanidaeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Pelecanus; Pelecanus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Pelecanus"):

    Pelecanus erythrorhynchos; white pelican (large American pelican; white with black wing feathers)

    Old world white pelican; Pelecanus onocrotalus (similar to American white pelican)

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

    family Pelecanidae; Pelecanidae (pelicans)

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