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LOPHODYTES

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Meaning:

A genus of Merginae

Synonyms:

genus Lophodytes; Lophodytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Lophodytes" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Lophodytes"):

hooded merganser; hooded sheldrake; Lophodytes cucullatus (small North American duck with a high circular crest on the male's head)

Holonyms ("Lophodytes" is a member of...):

Merginae; subfamily Merginae (mergansers and closely related diving birds)

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