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GENUS ALCELAPHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Alcelaphus mean?
• GENUS ALCELAPHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ALCELAPHUS has 1 sense:
1. African antelopes: hartebeests
Familiarity information: GENUS ALCELAPHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
African antelopes: hartebeests
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Alcelaphus; genus Alcelaphus
Hypernyms ("genus Alcelaphus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Alcelaphus"):
hartebeest (a large African antelope with lyre-shaped horns that curve backward)
Holonyms ("genus Alcelaphus" is a member of...):
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)
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