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    GENUS NYCTIMENE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    East Indian fruit batsplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Nyctimene; Nyctimene

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Nyctimene"):

    harpy; harpy bat; tube-nosed bat; tube-nosed fruit bat (any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes)

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

    Megachiroptera; suborder Megachiroptera (fruit bats)

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