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GENUS DIPLODOCUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Diplodocus mean?

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

1. a reptile genus of the suborder Sauropoda

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS DIPLODOCUS (noun)

Sense 1

genus Diplodocus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A reptile genus of the suborder Sauropoda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Diplodocus"):

diplodocus (a huge quadrupedal herbivore with long neck and tail; of late Jurassic in western North America)

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

Sauropoda; suborder Sauropoda (any of the sauropod dinosaurs)

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