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CYNOCEPHALUS

Pronunciation (US):

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Meaning:

Type genus of the family Cynocephalidae

Synonyms:

Cynocephalus; genus Cynocephalus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Cynocephalus"):

colugo; flying cat; flying lemur (arboreal nocturnal mammal of southeast Asia and the Philippines resembling a lemur and having a fold of skin on each side from neck to tail that is used for long gliding leaps)

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

Cynocephalidae; family Cynocephalidae (a family of Dermoptera)

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