TUPAIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tupaia mean? 

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

1. the type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TUPAIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tupaia; Tupaia

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

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

family Tupaiidae; Tupaiidae (tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates)