LITOCRANIUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Litocranius mean? 

• LITOCRANIUS (noun)
  The noun LITOCRANIUS has 1 sense:

1. antelopes of eastern Africa: gerenuks

  Familiarity information: LITOCRANIUS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LITOCRANIUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Antelopes of eastern Africa: gerenuks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Litocranius; Litocranius

Hypernyms ("Litocranius" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Litocranius"):

gerenuk; Litocranius walleri (slender East African antelope with slim neck and backward-curving horns)

Holonyms ("Litocranius" is a member of...):

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)