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CASTOROIDES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Castoroides mean?
• CASTOROIDES (noun)
The noun CASTOROIDES has 1 sense:
1. extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States
Familiarity information: CASTOROIDES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Castoroides; genus Castoroides
Hypernyms ("Castoroides" is a kind of...):
mammal genus (a genus of mammals)
Holonyms ("Castoroides" is a member of...):
Castoridae; family Castoridae (beavers)
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