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GENUS MACROTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Macrotis mean? 

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

1. a genus of Peramelidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS MACROTIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Peramelidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Macrotis; Macrotis

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Macrotis"):

bilby; Macrotis lagotis; rabbit-eared bandicoot; rabbit bandicoot (bandicoot with leathery ears like a rabbit)

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

family Peramelidae; Peramelidae (bandicoots)


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