genus lycaeon

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   African hunting dog

   SynonymsLycaeon

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofCanidae

Questions about genus lycaeon

What does genus lycaeon mean?

genus lycaeon means "African hunting dog".

What is another word for genus lycaeon?

Close synonyms include Lycaeon. 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 lycaeon a common word?

genus lycaeon 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.