genus tetrao

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   type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies

   SynonymsTetrao

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofTetraonidae

Questions about genus tetrao

What does genus tetrao mean?

genus tetrao means "type genus of the Tetraonidae: capercaillies".

What is another word for genus tetrao?

Close synonyms include Tetrao. 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 tetrao a common word?

genus tetrao 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.