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GENUS TAYASSU

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

1. type genus of the Tayassuidae

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

• GENUS TAYASSU (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Tayassuidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pecari; genus Tayassu; Tayassu

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tayassu"):

musk hog; peccary (nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America)

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

family Tayassuidae; Tayassuidae (peccaries)

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family Tayassuidae definition
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