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TACHYGLOSSUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tachyglossus mean?
• TACHYGLOSSUS (noun)
The noun TACHYGLOSSUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Tachyglossidae
Familiarity information: TACHYGLOSSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Tachyglossidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tachyglossus; Tachyglossus
Hypernyms ("Tachyglossus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Tachyglossus"):
anteater; echidna; spiny anteater (a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to Australia)
Holonyms ("Tachyglossus" is a member of...):
family Tachyglossidae; Tachyglossidae (echidnas)
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