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GENUS CAPRICORNIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Capricornis mean? 

GENUS CAPRICORNIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS CAPRICORNIS has 1 sense:

1. serowsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CAPRICORNIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Serows

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Capricornis; genus Capricornis

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Capricornis"):

serow (short-horned dark-coated goat antelope of mountain areas of southern and southeastern Asia)

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

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


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