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APLODONTIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aplodontia mean?
• APLODONTIA (noun)
The noun APLODONTIA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers
Familiarity information: APLODONTIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aplodontia; genus Aplodontia
Hypernyms ("Aplodontia" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Aplodontia"):
Aplodontia rufa; mountain beaver; sewellel (bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent)
Holonyms ("Aplodontia" is a member of...):
Aplodontiidae; family Aplodontiidae (mountain beavers)
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