GENUS ZAGLOSSUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Zaglossus mean? 

• GENUS ZAGLOSSUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ZAGLOSSUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Tachyglossidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ZAGLOSSUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Tachyglossidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Zaglossus; Zaglossus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Zaglossus"):

anteater; echidna; spiny anteater (a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea)

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

family Tachyglossidae; Tachyglossidae (echidnas)