DAUBENTONIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Daubentonia mean? 

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

1. type genus; coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DAUBENTONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus; coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Daubentonia; genus Daubentonia

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Daubentonia"):

aye-aye; Daubentonia madagascariensis (nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs)

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

Daubentoniidae; family Daubentoniidae (comprising solely the aye-aye)