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GENUS DRACO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Draco mean?
• GENUS DRACO (noun)
The noun GENUS DRACO has 1 sense:
1. a reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards
Familiarity information: GENUS DRACO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reptile genus known as flying dragons or flying lizards
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Draco; genus Draco
Hypernyms ("genus Draco" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Draco"):
dragon; flying dragon; flying lizard (any of several small tropical Asian lizards capable of gliding by spreading winglike membranes on each side of the body)
Holonyms ("genus Draco" is a member of...):
Agamidae; family Agamidae (an Old World reptile family of Sauria)
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