genus pygoscelis

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   a genus of Spheniscidae

   SynonymsPygoscelis

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofSpheniscidae

Questions about genus pygoscelis

What does genus pygoscelis mean?

genus pygoscelis means "a genus of Spheniscidae".

What is another word for genus pygoscelis?

Close synonyms include Pygoscelis. 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 pygoscelis a common word?

genus pygoscelis 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.