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PTEROPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pteropus mean?
• PTEROPUS (noun)
The noun PTEROPUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Megachiroptera
Familiarity information: PTEROPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Megachiroptera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pteropus; Pteropus
Hypernyms ("Pteropus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Pteropus"):
flying fox (large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox)
Holonyms ("Pteropus" is a member of...):
Megachiroptera; suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats)
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