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    GENUS PODICEPS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Podicipedidae: grebesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Podiceps; Podiceps

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    bird genus (a genus of birds)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Podiceps"):

    grebe (small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet)

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

    family Podicipedidae; Podicipedidae (coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes)

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