TUPAIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews

Synonyms:

genus Tupaia; Tupaia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

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

family Tupaiidae; Tupaiidae (tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates)

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