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Daubentonia

noun

type genus; coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae

• Syn: ↑genus Daubentonia

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Daubentoniidae, ↑family Daubentoniidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑aye-aye, ↑Daubentonia madagascariensis

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\\ˌdōbən.ˈtōnēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Louis J. M. Daubenton died 1800 French naturalist + New Latin -ia

: a genus (coextensive with the family Daubentoniidae) of lemuriform primates comprising solely the aye-aye of Madagascar

Useful english dictionary. 2012.