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GENUS PETAURISTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Petaurista mean?
• GENUS PETAURISTA (noun)
The noun GENUS PETAURISTA has 1 sense:
1. very large Asiatic flying squirrels
Familiarity information: GENUS PETAURISTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very large Asiatic flying squirrels
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Petaurista; Petaurista
Hypernyms ("genus Petaurista" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Petaurista"):
flying cat; flying marmot; Petaurista petaurista; taguan (East Indian flying squirrel)
Holonyms ("genus Petaurista" is a member of...):
Petauristidae; subfamily Petauristidae (Old World flying squirrels)
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