GENUS HIPPOPOTAMUS

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Hippopotamidae

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Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Hippopotamus"):

hippo; hippopotamus; Hippopotamus amphibius; river horse (massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa)

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

family Hippopotamidae; Hippopotamidae (hippopotami)

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