- genus Herpestes
- nounmongooses• Syn: ↑Herpestes• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Viverridae, ↑family Viverridae, ↑Viverrinae, ↑family Viverrinae• Member Meronyms: ↑mongoose
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genus Herpestes
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Herpestes — n. A genus of carnivores including the mongooses. Syn: genus {Herpestes}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Herpestes — Herpestis, a plant genus, is sometimes misspelled Herpestes . Taxobox name = Herpestes regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Mammalia ordo = Carnivora familia = Herpestidae genus = Herpestes genus authority = subdivision ranks = Species… … Wikipedia
Herpestes — noun mongooses • Syn: ↑genus Herpestes • Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Viverridae, ↑family Viverridae, ↑Viverrinae, ↑family Viverrinae … Useful english dictionary
Herpestes griseus — Ichneumon Ich*neu mon, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., the tracker; so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr. ? to track or hunt after, fr. i chnos track, footstep.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus {Herpestes}, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Herpestes ichneumon — Ichneumon Ich*neu mon, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., the tracker; so called because it hunts out the eggs of the crocodile, fr. ? to track or hunt after, fr. i chnos track, footstep.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any carnivorous mammal of the genus {Herpestes}, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
mammal genus — noun a genus of mammals • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Tachyglossus, ↑genus Tachyglossus, ↑Zaglossus, ↑genus Zaglossus, ↑Ornithorhynchus, ↑genus Ornithorhynchus, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Meles (genus) — Meles Meles meles, M. leucurus, and M. anakuma. Scientific classification Kingdom: Anima … Wikipedia
Mephitis (genus) — Mephitis Striped skunk Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia … Wikipedia
List of placental mammals in Order Carnivora — The class Mammalia (the mammals) is divided into two subclasses based on reproductive techniques: egg laying mammals (the monotremes); and mammals which give live birth. The latter subclass is divided into two infraclasses: pouched mammals (the… … Wikipedia
Mongoose — This article is about the Herpestidae family of mongoose. For the Malagasy mongoose, see Galidiinae. For other uses, see Mongoose (disambiguation). Mongooses[1] … Wikipedia
