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PAGOPHILA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Laridae

Synonyms:

genus Pagophila; Pagophila

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Pagophila"):

ivory gull; Pagophila eburnea (white Arctic gull; migrates as far south as England and New Brunswick)

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

family Laridae; Laridae (gull family: gulls and terns)

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