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GENUS CYNOCEPHALUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cynocephalus mean?
• GENUS CYNOCEPHALUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CYNOCEPHALUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the family Cynocephalidae
Familiarity information: GENUS CYNOCEPHALUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the family Cynocephalidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cynocephalus; genus Cynocephalus
Hypernyms ("genus Cynocephalus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Cynocephalus" is a member of...):
Cynocephalidae; family Cynocephalidae (a family of Dermoptera)
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