GENUS SAIGA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Saiga mean? 

• GENUS SAIGA (noun)
  The noun GENUS SAIGA has 1 sense:

1. Eurasian antelopes: saigas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SAIGA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eurasian antelopes: saigas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Saiga"):

saiga; Saiga tatarica (goat-like antelope of central Eurasia having a stubby nose like a proboscis)

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

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)