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MUISHOND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does muishond mean? 

MUISHOND (noun)
  The noun MUISHOND has 1 sense:

1. southern African weaselplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MUISHOND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Southern African weasel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

weasel (small carnivorous mammal with short legs and elongated body and neck)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "muishond"):

Poecilogale albinucha; snake muishond (small slender burrowing muishond with white top of the head)

Ictonyx striata; striped muishond (ferret-sized muishond often tamed)

Ictonyx frenata; zoril (muishond of northern Africa)

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

genus Poecilogale; Poecilogale (muishonds)


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