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GENUS CAIMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Caiman mean?
• GENUS CAIMAN (noun)
The noun GENUS CAIMAN has 1 sense:
1. caimans
Familiarity information: GENUS CAIMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Caimans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Caiman" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Caiman"):
caiman; cayman (a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly)
Holonyms ("genus Caiman" is a member of...):
Alligatoridae; family Alligatoridae (alligators; caimans)
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