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GENUS TRICHYS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Trichys mean? 

GENUS TRICHYS (noun)
  The noun GENUS TRICHYS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Hystricidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS TRICHYS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Hystricidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Trichys; Trichys

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Trichys"):

long-tailed porcupine; Trichys lipura (porcupine of Borneo and Sumatra having short spines and a long tail)

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

family Hystricidae; Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)


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