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