GENUS EUMECES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eumeces mean? 

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

1. New World skinks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS EUMECES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

New World skinks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eumeces; genus Eumeces

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Eumeces"):

Eumeces skiltonianus; western skink (found in western North American grasslands and open woodlands)

Eumeces callicephalus; mountain skink (frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico)

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

family Scincidae; Scincidae (skinks)