GENUS LUSCINIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Nightingales

Synonyms:

genus Luscinia; Luscinia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Luscinia"):

Luscinia megarhynchos; nightingale (European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song)

Luscinia luscinia; thrush nightingale (large nightingale of eastern Europe)

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

family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)