GENUS APLODONTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aplodontia mean? 

• GENUS APLODONTIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS APLODONTIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers

  Familiarity information: GENUS APLODONTIA used as a noun is very rare.

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• GENUS APLODONTIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aplodontia; genus Aplodontia

Hypernyms ("genus Aplodontia" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Aplodontia" is a member of...):

Aplodontiidae; family Aplodontiidae (mountain beavers)