RUPICAPRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rupicapra mean? 

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

1. chamois

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUPICAPRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Chamois

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Rupicapra; Rupicapra

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Rupicapra"):

chamois; Rupicapra rupicapra (hoofed mammal of mountains of Eurasia having upright horns with backward-hooked tips)

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

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)