GENUS BOSELAPHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Boselaphus mean? 

• GENUS BOSELAPHUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS BOSELAPHUS has 1 sense:

1. Indian antelopes: nilgais

  Familiarity information: GENUS BOSELAPHUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS BOSELAPHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Indian antelopes: nilgais

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Boselaphus; genus Boselaphus

Hypernyms ("genus Boselaphus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Boselaphus"):

blue bull; Boselaphus tragocamelus; nilgai; nylghai; nylghau (large Indian antelope; male is blue-grey with white markings; female is brownish with no horns)

Holonyms ("genus Boselaphus" is a member of...):

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)