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PTEROCNEMIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of birds of the family Rheidae

Synonyms:

genus Pterocnemia; Pterocnemia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Pterocnemia"):

nandu; Pterocnemia pennata; rhea (smaller of two tall fast-running flightless birds similar to ostriches but three-toed; found from Peru to Strait of Magellan)

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

family Rheidae; Rheidae (a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes)

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