genus proteles

1. 1.

   aardwolf

   SynonymsProteles

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofHyaenidae

Questions about genus proteles

What does genus proteles mean?

genus proteles means "aardwolf".

What is another word for genus proteles?

Close synonyms include Proteles. 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 proteles a common word?

genus proteles 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.