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Cinclus

noun

type genus of the family Cinclidae

• Syn: ↑genus Cinclus

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cinclidae, ↑family Cinclidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑European water ouzel, ↑Cinclus aquaticus, ↑American water ouzel, ↑Cinclus mexicanus

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\\ˈsiŋkləs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kinklos, a kind of bird

: the genus consisting of the water ouzels sometimes placed in the Turdidae or isolated in a separate family

Useful english dictionary. 2012.