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GENUS LOXODONTA

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Meaning:

A genus of Elephantidae

Synonyms:

genus Loxodonta; Loxodonta

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Loxodonta"):

African elephant; Loxodonta africana (an elephant native to Africa having enormous flapping ears and ivory tusks)

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

Elephantidae; family Elephantidae (elephants)

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