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GOMPHOTHERIUM

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Gomphotheriidae

Synonyms:

genus Gomphotherium; Gomphotherium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Gomphotherium"):

gomphothere (extinct elephants of Central American and South America; of the Miocene and Pleistocene)

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

family Gomphotheriidae; Gomphotheriidae (elephants extinct since the Pleistocene)

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