SURNIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A genus of hawk-like owls

Synonyms:

genus Surnia; Surnia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Surnia" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "Surnia"):

hawk owl; Surnia ulula (grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere)

Holonyms ("Surnia" is a member of...):

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