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GENUS SYLVILAGUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sylvilagus mean?
• GENUS SYLVILAGUS (noun)
The noun GENUS SYLVILAGUS has 1 sense:
1. North American rabbits
Familiarity information: GENUS SYLVILAGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American rabbits
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Sylvilagus; Sylvilagus
Hypernyms ("genus Sylvilagus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sylvilagus"):
cottontail; cottontail rabbit; wood rabbit (common small rabbit of North America having greyish or brownish fur and a tail with a white underside; a host for Ixodes pacificus and Ixodes scapularis (Lyme disease ticks))
canecutter; swamp hare; swamp rabbit; Sylvilagus aquaticus (a wood rabbit of southeastern United States swamps and lowlands)
Holonyms ("genus Sylvilagus" is a member of...):
family Leporidae; Leporidae (hares and rabbits)
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