GENUS CHRONOPERATES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chronoperates mean? 

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

1. a reptile genus of Therapsida

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CHRONOPERATES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A reptile genus of Therapsida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chronoperates; genus Chronoperates

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Chronoperates"):

Chronoperates paradoxus (shrew-sized protomammal from the Alberta region of Canada; from about 55 million years ago (much more recent than other mammal-like reptiles))

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

order Therapsida; Therapsida (extinct mammal-like reptiles found inhabiting all continents from the mid Permian to late Triassic)