Associations to the word «Tupaia»

Wiktionary

TUPAIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Tupaiidae   — the tree shrews.
TUPAIA BELANGERI, proper noun. A taxonomic species within the family Tupaiidae   — the northern tree shrew.

Dictionary definition

TUPAIA, noun. The type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats