genus tupaia

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   the type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews

   SynonymsTupaia

   Broadermammal genus

   Part ofTupaiidae

Questions about genus tupaia

What does genus tupaia mean?

genus tupaia means "the type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews".

What is another word for genus tupaia?

Close synonyms include Tupaia. 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 tupaia a common word?

genus tupaia 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.