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PROCAVIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Procavia mean?
• PROCAVIA (noun)
The noun PROCAVIA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Procaviidae
Familiarity information: PROCAVIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Procaviidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Procavia; Procavia
Hypernyms ("Procavia" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Procavia"):
Procavia capensis; rock hyrax; rock rabbit (hyrax that lives in rocky areas)
Holonyms ("Procavia" is a member of...):
family Procaviidae; Procaviidae (includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea)
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