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AVAHI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Avahi mean?
• AVAHI (noun)
The noun AVAHI has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Indriidae
Familiarity information: AVAHI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Indriidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Avahi; genus Avahi
Hypernyms ("Avahi" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Avahi"):
Avahi laniger; woolly indris (nocturnal indris with thick grey-brown fur and a long tail)
Holonyms ("Avahi" is a member of...):
family Indriidae; Indriidae (a family of Lemuroidea)
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