genus psittacus

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   type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey

   SynonymsPsittacus

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofPsittacidae

Questions about genus psittacus

What does genus psittacus mean?

genus psittacus means "type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey".

What is another word for genus psittacus?

Close synonyms include Psittacus. 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 psittacus a common word?

genus psittacus 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.