RAPHICERUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Raphicerus mean? 

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

1. African antelopes: steenboks

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAPHICERUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

African antelopes: steenboks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Raphicerus; Raphicerus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Raphicerus"):

Raphicerus campestris; steenbok; steinbok (small plains antelope of southeastern Africa)

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

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