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vontsira

vontsira noun: any member of the subfamily Galidiinae of small, brown, mongoose-like mammals, from Madagascar.

vontsira: any member of the subfamily Galidiinae of small, brown, mongoose-like mammals, from Madagascar
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Noun

vontsira (plural vontsiras)

  1. Any member of the subfamily Galidiinae of small, brown, mongoose-like mammals, from Madagascar.

Forms of vontsira

pluralvontsiras

Origin of vontsira

From Malagasy vontsira (“several similar mongoose-like animals”), borrowed from Swahili nguchiro.

Questions about vontsira

What does vontsira mean?
Vontsira means any member of the subfamily Galidiinae of small, brown, mongoose-like mammals, from Madagascar.
What part of speech is vontsira?
Vontsira is a noun.
What is the plural of vontsira?
The plural of vontsira is vontsiras.

Words near vontsira in the dictionary

  1. VonRueden
  2. vonsenite
  3. Vontae
  4. vontouring
  5. Vontroba
  6. vontsira
  7. vontsiras
  8. vonu
  9. vonuism
  10. vonuist
  11. vonuists

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