GENUS ASIO

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Meaning:

A genus of European owls

Synonyms:

Asio; genus Asio

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Asio"):

Asio otus; long-eared owl (slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts)

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

family Strigidae; Strigidae (a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes)