genus nycticorax

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   Old World night herons

   SynonymsNycticorax

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofArdeidae

Questions about genus nycticorax

What does genus nycticorax mean?

genus nycticorax means "Old World night herons".

What is another word for genus nycticorax?

Close synonyms include Nycticorax. 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 nycticorax a common word?

genus nycticorax 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.