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GENUS HYAENA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hyaena mean?
• GENUS HYAENA (noun)
The noun GENUS HYAENA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Hyaenidae
Familiarity information: GENUS HYAENA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Hyaenidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Hyaena" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hyaena"):
Hyaena hyaena; striped hyena (of northern Africa and Arabia and India)
brown hyena; Hyaena brunnea; strand wolf (of southern Africa)
Holonyms ("genus Hyaena" is a member of...):
family Hyaenidae; Hyaenidae (hyenas)
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