GENUS ASCAPHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ascaphus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ASCAPHUS (noun)

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Ascaphidae; in some classifications included in the family Leiopelmatidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ascaphus; genus Ascaphus

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

amphibian genus (any genus of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ascaphus"):

Ascaphus trui; bell toad; ribbed toad; tailed frog; tailed toad (western North American frog with a taillike copulatory organ)

Holonyms ("genus Ascaphus" is a member of...):

Ascaphidae; family Ascaphidae (family of one species of frog: tailed frog)