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GENUS SUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Suidae

Synonyms:

genus Sus; Sus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sus"):

grunter; hog; pig; squealer; Sus scrofa (domestic swine)

piggy; piglet; shoat; shote (a young pig)

boar; Sus scrofa; wild boar (Old World wild swine having a narrow body and prominent tusks from which most domestic swine come; introduced in United States)

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

family Suidae; Suidae (pigs; hogs; boars)

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