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    GENUS CERVUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The type genus of the Cervidaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Cervus; genus Cervus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Cervus" is a kind of...):

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Cervus"):

    American elk; Cervus elaphus; elk; red deer; wapiti (common deer of temperate Europe and Asia)

    Cervus unicolor; sambar; sambur (a deer of southern Asia with antlers that have three tines)

    American elk; Cervus elaphus canadensis; elk; wapiti (large North American deer with large much-branched antlers in the male)

    Cervus nipon; Cervus sika; Japanese deer; sika (small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers)

    Holonyms ("genus Cervus" is a member of...):

    Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)

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