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NYCTICORAX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World night herons
Synonyms:
genus Nycticorax; Nycticorax
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nycticorax" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Nycticorax"):
black-crowned night heron; Nycticorax nycticorax (night heron of both Old and New Worlds)
Holonyms ("Nycticorax" is a member of...):
Ardeidae; family Ardeidae (herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns)
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