AILURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ailurus mean? 

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

1. lesser pandas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• AILURUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lesser pandas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ailurus; genus Ailurus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Ailurus"):

Ailurus fulgens; bear cat; cat bear; lesser panda; panda; red panda (reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas)

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

family Procyonidae; Procyonidae (raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas)