genus Potamogale

genus Potamogale
noun
type genus of the family Potamogalidae: otter shrews
Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Potamogalidae, ↑family Potamogalidae
Member Meronyms: ↑otter shrew, ↑potamogale, ↑Potamogale velox

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