GENUS CAIMAN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Caimans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "genus Caiman"):

caiman; cayman (a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly)

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

Alligatoridae; family Alligatoridae (alligators; caimans)

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