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TROGLODYTES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Troglodytidae

Synonyms:

genus Troglodytes; Troglodytes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Troglodytes"):

Troglodytes troglodytes; winter wren (small wren of coniferous forests of northern hemisphere)

house wren; Troglodytes aedon (common American wren that nests around houses)

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

family Troglodytidae; Troglodytidae (wrens)

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