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ZAGLOSSUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Zaglossus mean?
• ZAGLOSSUS (noun)
The noun ZAGLOSSUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Tachyglossidae
Familiarity information: ZAGLOSSUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Tachyglossidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Zaglossus; Zaglossus
Hypernyms ("Zaglossus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Zaglossus"):
anteater; echidna; spiny anteater (a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea)
Holonyms ("Zaglossus" is a member of...):
family Tachyglossidae; Tachyglossidae (echidnas)
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