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TAIRA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does taira mean?
• TAIRA (noun)
The noun TAIRA has 1 sense:
1. long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America
Familiarity information: TAIRA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Long-tailed arboreal mustelid of Central America and South America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Eira barbara; taira; tayra
Hypernyms ("taira" is a kind of...):
mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)
Holonyms ("taira" is a member of...):
Eira; genus Eira (a genus of Mustelidae)
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