Rhyzoena
Translingual
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Suricata suricatta, at one time genus Rhyzaena.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ῥυζέω (rhuzéō, “growl, snarl”). The spelling Rhyzoena instead of Rhyzaena seems to be a non-English variant or misspelling.
Proper noun
Rhyzoena f
- (obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the family Herpestidae – corresponding to Suricata, a variant spelling of Rhyzaena.