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GENUS HIPPOTRAGUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hippotragus mean?
• GENUS HIPPOTRAGUS (noun)
The noun GENUS HIPPOTRAGUS has 1 sense:
1. sable antelopes
Familiarity information: GENUS HIPPOTRAGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sable antelopes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Hippotragus; Hippotragus
Hypernyms ("genus Hippotragus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hippotragus"):
Hippotragus niger; sable antelope (large black East African antelope with sharp backward-curving horns)
Holonyms ("genus Hippotragus" is a member of...):
Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)
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