MELLIVORA CAPENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mellivora capensis mean? 

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

1. nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELLIVORA CAPENSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nocturnal badger-like carnivore of wooded regions of Africa and southern Asia

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

honey badger; Mellivora capensis; ratel

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

mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)

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

genus Mellivora; Mellivora (ratels)