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NYCTICORAX

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Old World night herons

Synonyms:

genus Nycticorax; Nycticorax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Nycticorax"):

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

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

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

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