noun
type genus of the family Caenolestidae
• Syn: ↑genus Caenolestes
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Caenolestidae, ↑family Caenolestidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑opossum rat
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\\ˌsēnəˈle(ˌ)stēz, ˌkīn-\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from caen- (I) + Greek lēistēs robber; akin to Latin lucrum gain — more at lucre
: a genus (the type of the family Caenolestidae) of small carnivorous diprotodont marsupials comprising the opossum rats
Useful english dictionary. 2012.