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GENUS HETEROCEPHALUS

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Heterocephalus mean?

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

1. sand rats

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS HETEROCEPHALUS (noun)

Sense 1

genus Heterocephalus ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Sand rats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Heterocephalus; Heterocephalus

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Heterocephalus"):

sand rat (small nearly naked African mole rat of desert areas)

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

Bathyergidae; family Bathyergidae (mole rats; sand rats)

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