genus meleagris

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   type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys

   SynonymsMeleagris

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofMeleagrididae

Questions about genus meleagris

What does genus meleagris mean?

genus meleagris means "type genus of the Meleagrididae: wild and domestic turkeys".

What is another word for genus meleagris?

Close synonyms include Meleagris. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus meleagris a common word?

genus meleagris is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.