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MAZAMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mazama mean?
• MAZAMA (noun)
The noun MAZAMA has 1 sense:
1. brockets
Familiarity information: MAZAMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brockets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Mazama; Mazama
Hypernyms ("Mazama" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Mazama"):
brocket (small South American deer with unbranched antlers)
Holonyms ("Mazama" is a member of...):
Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)
Context examples
They were "born" eons before deposits from volcanoes such as Mt. Mazama, which erupted 7,700 years ago to form the Crater Lake caldera.
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