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BURMEISTERIA RETUSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Burmeisteria retusa mean? 

BURMEISTERIA RETUSA (noun)
  The noun BURMEISTERIA RETUSA has 1 sense:

1. of southern South Americaplay

  Familiarity information: BURMEISTERIA RETUSA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BURMEISTERIA RETUSA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of southern South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Burmeisteria retusa; greater pichiciego

Hypernyms ("Burmeisteria retusa" is a kind of...):

armadillo (burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates)

Holonyms ("Burmeisteria retusa" is a member of...):

Burmeisteria; genus Burmeisteria (a genus of Dasypodidae)


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