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APUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus
Synonyms:
Apus; genus Apus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Apus" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Apus"):
Apus apus; European swift (common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs)
Holonyms ("Apus" is a member of...):
Apodidae; family Apodidae (swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
constellation (a configuration of stars as seen from the earth)
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