MELLIVORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mellivora mean? 

• MELLIVORA (noun)
  The noun MELLIVORA has 1 sense:

1. ratels

  Familiarity information: MELLIVORA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELLIVORA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ratels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Mellivora; Mellivora

Hypernyms ("Mellivora" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Mellivora"):

honey badger; Mellivora capensis; ratel (nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia)

Holonyms ("Mellivora" is a member of...):

family Mustelidae; Mustelidae (weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens)