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VICUGNA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vicugna mean? 

VICUGNA (noun)
  The noun VICUGNA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Camelidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


VICUGNA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Camelidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Vicugna; Vicugna

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Vicugna"):

Vicugna vicugna; vicuna (small wild cud-chewing Andean animal similar to the guanaco but smaller; valued for its fleecy undercoat)

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

Camelidae; family Camelidae (camels and llamas and vicunas)


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