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GENUS TUPAIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tupaia mean?
• GENUS TUPAIA (noun)
The noun GENUS TUPAIA has 1 sense:
1. the type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews
Familiarity information: GENUS TUPAIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tupaia; Tupaia
Hypernyms ("genus Tupaia" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Holonyms ("genus Tupaia" is a member of...):
family Tupaiidae; Tupaiidae (tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates)
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