genus caenolestes

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   type genus of the family Caenolestidae

   SynonymsCaenolestes

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofCaenolestidae

Questions about genus caenolestes

What does genus caenolestes mean?

genus caenolestes means "type genus of the family Caenolestidae".

What is another word for genus caenolestes?

Close synonyms include Caenolestes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus caenolestes a common word?

genus caenolestes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.