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TRICHOSURUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trichosurus mean? 

TRICHOSURUS (noun)
  The noun TRICHOSURUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Phalangeridaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TRICHOSURUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Phalangeridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Trichosurus; Trichosurus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Trichosurus"):

brush-tailed phalanger; Trichosurus vulpecula (bushy-tailed phalanger)

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

family Phalangeridae; Phalangeridae (phalangers; koalas)


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