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GENUS HIPPOPOTAMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hippopotamus mean?
• GENUS HIPPOPOTAMUS (noun)
The noun GENUS HIPPOPOTAMUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Hippopotamidae
Familiarity information: GENUS HIPPOPOTAMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Hippopotamidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Hippopotamus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hippopotamus"):
hippo; hippopotamus; Hippopotamus amphibius; river horse (massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa)
Holonyms ("genus Hippopotamus" is a member of...):
family Hippopotamidae; Hippopotamidae (hippopotami)
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