apus

English Thesaurus

1. type genus (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	apus apus, european swift,
definition	:	common European bird with a shrieking call that nests chiefly about eaves of buildings or on cliffs (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	apodidae, family apodidae,
definition	:	swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes (noun.animal)

2. a constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Octans (noun.object)

instance hypernym	:	constellation,
definition	:	a configuration of stars as seen from the earth (noun.object)