GENUS KINOSTERNON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Kinosternon mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Kinosternidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS KINOSTERNON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Kinosternidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Kinosternon; Kinosternon

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Kinosternon"):

mud turtle (bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America)

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

family Kinosternidae; Kinosternidae (mud turtles; musk turtles)