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CERVUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The type genus of the Cervidae
Synonyms:
Cervus; genus Cervus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Cervus" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "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 ("Cervus" is a member of...):
Cervidae; family Cervidae (deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer)