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GENUS MANIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Manis mean?
• GENUS MANIS (noun)
The noun GENUS MANIS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Manidae
Familiarity information: GENUS MANIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Manidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Manis; Manis
Hypernyms ("genus Manis" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Manis"):
anteater; pangolin; scaly anteater (toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites)
Holonyms ("genus Manis" is a member of...):
family Manidae; Manidae (coextensive with the order Pholidota)
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