genus steatornis

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   type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae

   SynonymsSteatornis

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofSteatornithidae

Questions about genus steatornis

What does genus steatornis mean?

genus steatornis means "type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae".

What is another word for genus steatornis?

Close synonyms include Steatornis. 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 steatornis a common word?

genus steatornis 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.