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GENUS DELPHINUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Delphinus mean?
• GENUS DELPHINUS (noun)
The noun GENUS DELPHINUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Delphinidae
Familiarity information: GENUS DELPHINUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Delphinidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Delphinus; genus Delphinus
Hypernyms ("genus Delphinus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Delphinus"):
common dolphin; Delphinus delphis (black-and-white dolphin that leaps high out of the water)
Holonyms ("genus Delphinus" is a member of...):
Delphinidae; family Delphinidae (dolphins)
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