GENUS PROCYON
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Procyon mean? • GENUS PROCYON (noun)
The noun GENUS PROCYON has 1 sense:
1. the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons
Familiarity information: GENUS PROCYON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS PROCYON (noun)
Meaning:
The type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Procyon; Procyon
Hypernyms ("genus Procyon" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "genus Procyon"):
raccoon; racoon (an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America)
Holonyms ("genus Procyon" is a member of...):
family Procyonidae; Procyonidae (raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas)
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