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GENUS PRINIA

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Meaning:

A genus of Sylviidae

Synonyms:

genus Prinia; Prinia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Prinia"):

wren warbler (small Asiatic and African bird; constructs nests like those of tailorbirds)

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

family Sylviidae; Sylviidae (in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers)

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