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ZAGLOSSUS

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Meaning:

A genus of Tachyglossidae

Synonyms:

genus Zaglossus; Zaglossus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Zaglossus"):

anteater; echidna; spiny anteater (a burrowing monotreme mammal covered with spines and having a long snout and claws for hunting ants and termites; native to New Guinea)

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

family Tachyglossidae; Tachyglossidae (echidnas)

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