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GENUS MADOQUA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Madoqua mean? 

GENUS MADOQUA (noun)
  The noun GENUS MADOQUA has 1 sense:

1. genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africaplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS MADOQUA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Genus comprising some small antelopes of eastern and northeastern Africa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Madoqua; Madoqua

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Madoqua"):

dik-dik (any of several small antelopes of eastern Africa of the genus Madoqua; the size of a large rabbit)

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

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)


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