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DAUBENTONIA MADAGASCARIENSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Daubentonia madagascariensis mean? 

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

1. nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemursplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


DAUBENTONIA MADAGASCARIENSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Nocturnal lemur with long bony fingers and rodent-like incisor teeth closely related to the lemurs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

aye-aye; Daubentonia madagascariensis

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

lemur (large-eyed arboreal prosimian having foxy faces and long furry tails)

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

Daubentonia; genus Daubentonia (type genus; coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae)


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