DENDROLAGUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dendrolagus mean? 

• DENDROLAGUS (noun)
  The noun DENDROLAGUS has 1 sense:

1. tree wallabies

  Familiarity information: DENDROLAGUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DENDROLAGUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree wallabies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dendrolagus; genus Dendrolagus

Hypernyms ("Dendrolagus" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Dendrolagus"):

tree kangaroo; tree wallaby (arboreal wallabies of New Guinea and northern Australia having hind and forelegs of similar length)

Holonyms ("Dendrolagus" is a member of...):

family Macropodidae; Macropodidae (kangaroos; wallabies)