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GENUS PHAETHON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Type genus of the Phaethontidae
Synonyms:
genus Phaethon; Phaethon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Phaethon" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "genus Phaethon"):
boatswain bird; tropic bird; tropicbird (mostly white web-footed tropical seabird often found far from land)
Holonyms ("genus Phaethon" is a member of...):
family Phaethontidae; Phaethontidae (tropicbirds)