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AILURUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lesser pandas

Synonyms:

Ailurus; genus Ailurus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Ailurus"):

Ailurus fulgens; bear cat; cat bear; lesser panda; panda; red panda (reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas)

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

family Procyonidae; Procyonidae (raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas)

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