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GENUS STREPSICEROS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Strepsiceros mean?
• GENUS STREPSICEROS (noun)
The noun GENUS STREPSICEROS has 1 sense:
1. African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks
Familiarity information: GENUS STREPSICEROS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucks
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Strepsiceros; genus Tragelaphus; Strepsiceros; Tragelaphus
Hypernyms ("genus Strepsiceros" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Strepsiceros"):
bongo; Boocercus eurycerus; Tragelaphus eurycerus (large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns)
koodoo; koudou; kudu (either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush)
harnessed antelope (any of several antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus having striped markings resembling a harness)
nyala; Tragelaphus angasi (spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck)
mountain nyala; Tragelaphus buxtoni (shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia)
bushbuck; guib; Tragelaphus scriptus (antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns)
Holonyms ("genus Strepsiceros" is a member of...):
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)
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