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CONNOCHAETES

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

African antelopes: gnus

Synonyms:

Connochaetes; genus Connochaetes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Connochaetes"):

gnu; wildebeest (large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail)

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

Bovidae; family Bovidae (true antelopes; cattle; oxen; sheep; goats)

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