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GENUS CASTOROIDES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Castoroides mean?
• GENUS CASTOROIDES (noun)
The noun GENUS CASTOROIDES has 1 sense:
1. extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States
Familiarity information: GENUS CASTOROIDES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Castoroides; genus Castoroides
Hypernyms ("genus Castoroides" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Holonyms ("genus Castoroides" is a member of...):
Castoridae; family Castoridae (beavers)
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