genus phalaenoptilus

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   a genus of Caprimulgidae

   SynonymsPhalaenoptilus

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofCaprimulgidae

Questions about genus phalaenoptilus

What does genus phalaenoptilus mean?

genus phalaenoptilus means "a genus of Caprimulgidae".

What is another word for genus phalaenoptilus?

Close synonyms include Phalaenoptilus. 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 phalaenoptilus a common word?

genus phalaenoptilus 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.