genus steatornis

English Thesaurus

1. type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	guacharo, oilbird, steatornis caripensis,
definition	:	nocturnal fruit-eating bird of South America that has fatty young yielding an oil that is used instead of butter (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family steatornithidae, steatornithidae,
definition	:	oilbirds (noun.animal)