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GENUS LAGIDIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lagidium mean?
• GENUS LAGIDIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS LAGIDIUM has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Chinchillidae
Familiarity information: GENUS LAGIDIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Chinchillidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Lagidium; Lagidium
Hypernyms ("genus Lagidium" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lagidium"):
mountain chinchilla; mountain viscacha (a rodent native to the mountains of Chile and Peru and now bred in captivity)
Holonyms ("genus Lagidium" is a member of...):
Chinchillidae; family Chinchillidae (small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents)
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