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GENUS MAMMUTHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Mammuthus mean?
• GENUS MAMMUTHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS MAMMUTHUS has 1 sense:
1. extinct genus: mammoths
Familiarity information: GENUS MAMMUTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct genus: mammoths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Mammuthus; Mammuthus
Hypernyms ("genus Mammuthus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Mammuthus"):
mammoth (any of numerous extinct elephants widely distributed in the Pleistocene; extremely large with hairy coats and long upcurved tusks)
Holonyms ("genus Mammuthus" is a member of...):
Elephantidae; family Elephantidae (elephants)
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