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AILUROPODA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Only the giant panda: in some classifications considered a genus of the separate family Ailuropodidae
Synonyms:
Ailuropoda; genus Ailuropoda
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ailuropoda" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Ailuropoda"):
Ailuropoda melanoleuca; coon bear; giant panda; panda; panda bear (large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae)
Holonyms ("Ailuropoda" is a member of...):
family Procyonidae; Procyonidae (raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas)