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Ploceus

noun

type genus of the Ploceidae

• Syn: ↑genus Ploceus

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Ploceidae, ↑family Ploceidae

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\\ˈplōsēəs, -ōˌsüs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek plokeus braider, plaiter, from plekein to plait

: a genus (the type of the family Ploceidae) comprising the baya and related Asiatic birds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.