GENUS APUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Type genus

Synonyms:

Apus; genus Apus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Apus" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Apus"):

Apus apus; European swift (common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs)

Holonyms ("genus Apus" is a member of...):

Apodidae; family Apodidae (swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes)