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MYCTERIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis
Synonyms:
genus Mycteria; Mycteria
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Mycteria" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Mycteria"):
flinthead; Mycteria americana; wood ibis; wood stork (an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics)
Holonyms ("Mycteria" is a member of...):
Ciconiidae; family Ciconiidae (storks)
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