CYNOCEPHALUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cynocephalus mean? 

• CYNOCEPHALUS (noun)
  The noun CYNOCEPHALUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Cynocephalidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYNOCEPHALUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Cynocephalidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cynocephalus; genus Cynocephalus

Hypernyms ("Cynocephalus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Cynocephalus"):

colugo; flying cat; flying lemur (arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps)

Holonyms ("Cynocephalus" is a member of...):

Cynocephalidae; family Cynocephalidae (a family of Dermoptera)

 Context examples 

Multiple species of large terrestrial monkeys in the genus Papio, including P. hamadryas, P. papio, P. anubis, P. cynocephalus and P. ursinus.

(Baboon, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)