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GOMPHOTHERIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Gomphotherium mean?
• GOMPHOTHERIUM (noun)
The noun GOMPHOTHERIUM has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Gomphotheriidae
Familiarity information: GOMPHOTHERIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Gomphotheriidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Gomphotherium; Gomphotherium
Hypernyms ("Gomphotherium" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Gomphotherium"):
gomphothere (extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene)
Holonyms ("Gomphotherium" is a member of...):
family Gomphotheriidae; Gomphotheriidae (elephants extinct since the Pleistocene)
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