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KINOSTERNON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Kinosternidae

Synonyms:

genus Kinosternon; Kinosternon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "Kinosternon"):

mud turtle (bottom-dwelling freshwater turtle inhabiting muddy rivers of North America and Central America)

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

family Kinosternidae; Kinosternidae (mud turtles; musk turtles)

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