genus mycteria

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   a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis

   SynonymsMycteria

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofCiconiidae

Questions about genus mycteria

What does genus mycteria mean?

genus mycteria means "a genus of storks of the family Ciconiidae now including only the American wood ibis".

What is another word for genus mycteria?

Close synonyms include Mycteria. 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 mycteria a common word?

genus mycteria 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.