GENUS TAUROTRAGUS

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

African antelopes: elands

Synonyms:

genus Taurotragus; Taurotragus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "genus Taurotragus"):

eland (either of two large African antelopes of the genus Taurotragus having short spirally twisted horns in both sexes)

common eland; Taurotragus oryx (dark fawn-colored eland of southern and eastern Africa)

giant eland; Taurotragus derbianus (large dark striped eland of western equatorial Africa)

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

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