genus surnia

1. 1.

   a genus of hawk-like owls

   SynonymsSurnia

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofStrigidae

Questions about genus surnia

What does genus surnia mean?

genus surnia means "a genus of hawk-like owls".

What is another word for genus surnia?

Close synonyms include Surnia. 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 surnia a common word?

genus surnia 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.