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GENUS RUPICAPRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rupicapra mean?
• GENUS RUPICAPRA (noun)
The noun GENUS RUPICAPRA has 1 sense:
1. chamois
Familiarity information: GENUS RUPICAPRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chamois
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Rupicapra; Rupicapra
Hypernyms ("genus Rupicapra" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Rupicapra"):
chamois; Rupicapra rupicapra (hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips)
Holonyms ("genus Rupicapra" is a member of...):
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)
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