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GENUS TAYASSU
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tayassu mean?
• GENUS TAYASSU (noun)
The noun GENUS TAYASSU has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Tayassuidae
Familiarity information: GENUS TAYASSU used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Tayassuidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pecari; genus Tayassu; Tayassu
Hypernyms ("genus Tayassu" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Tayassu"):
musk hog; peccary (nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America)
Holonyms ("genus Tayassu" is a member of...):
family Tayassuidae; Tayassuidae (peccaries)
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