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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 Tachyglossidaeplay

  Familiarity information: TACHYGLOSSUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TACHYGLOSSUS (noun)


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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