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DEVON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Red dual-purpose cattle of English origin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Devon" is a kind of...):
Bos taurus; cattle; cows; kine; oxen (domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A county in southwestern England
Synonyms:
Devon; Devonshire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
county ((United Kingdom) a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government)
Holonyms ("Devon" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)