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GENUS GAVIALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gavialis mean?
• GENUS GAVIALIS (noun)
The noun GENUS GAVIALIS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Gavialidae
Familiarity information: GENUS GAVIALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Gavialidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gavialis; genus Gavialis
Hypernyms ("genus Gavialis" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gavialis"):
gavial; Gavialis gangeticus (large fish-eating Indian crocodilian with a long slender snout)
Holonyms ("genus Gavialis" is a member of...):
family Gavialidae; Gavialidae (gavials)
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