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GENUS ELAPHURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Elaphurus mean? 

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

1. a genus of Cervidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ELAPHURUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Cervidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Elaphurus; genus Elaphurus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Elaphurus"):

elaphure; Elaphurus davidianus; pere david's deer (large Chinese deer surviving only in domesticated herds)

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

Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)


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