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GENUS PTEROPUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pteropus mean?
• GENUS PTEROPUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PTEROPUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Megachiroptera
Familiarity information: GENUS PTEROPUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Megachiroptera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pteropus; Pteropus
Hypernyms ("genus Pteropus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pteropus"):
flying fox (large bat with a head that resembles the head of a fox)
Holonyms ("genus Pteropus" is a member of...):
Megachiroptera; suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats)
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