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    GENUS STREPSICEROS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    African antelopes: kudus; bongos; nyalas; bushbucksplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Strepsiceros; genus Tragelaphus; Strepsiceros; Tragelaphus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Strepsiceros"):

    bongo; Boocercus eurycerus; Tragelaphus eurycerus (large forest antelope of central Africa having a reddish-brown coat with white stripes and spiral horns)

    koodoo; koudou; kudu (either of two spiral-horned antelopes of the African bush)

    harnessed antelope (any of several antelopes of the genus Tragelaphus having striped markings resembling a harness)

    nyala; Tragelaphus angasi (spiral-horned South African antelope with a fringe of white hairs along back and neck)

    mountain nyala; Tragelaphus buxtoni (shaggy antelope of mountains of Ethiopia)

    bushbuck; guib; Tragelaphus scriptus (antelope with white markings like a harness and twisted horns)

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

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

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