genus icterus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Icteridae (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird genus,
definition	:	a genus of birds (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	icterus galbula, northern oriole,
definition	:	a kind of New World oriole (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	icterus spurius, orchard oriole,
definition	:	the male is chestnut-and-black (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family icteridae, icteridae,
definition	:	American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks (noun.animal)