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GENUS TAUROTRAGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Taurotragus mean? 

GENUS TAUROTRAGUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS TAUROTRAGUS has 1 sense:

1. African antelopes: elandsplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS TAUROTRAGUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS TAUROTRAGUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

African antelopes: elands

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Taurotragus; Taurotragus

Hypernyms ("genus Taurotragus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Taurotragus"):

eland (either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes)

common eland; Taurotragus oryx (dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africa)

giant eland; Taurotragus derbianus (large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa)

Holonyms ("genus Taurotragus" is a member of...):

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)


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