FAMILY CERVIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Cervidae mean? 

• FAMILY CERVIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY CERVIDAE has 1 sense:

1. deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer

  Familiarity information: FAMILY CERVIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CERVIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deer: reindeer; moose or elks; muntjacs; roe deer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cervidae; family Cervidae

Hypernyms ("family Cervidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Cervidae"):

cervid; deer (distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers)

Cervus; genus Cervus (the type genus of the Cervidae)

genus Odocoileus; Odocoileus (North American deer)

Alces; genus Alces (elk or moose)

Dama; genus Dama (fallow deer)

Capreolus; genus Capreolus (roe deer)

genus Rangifer; Rangifer (reindeer or caribou)

genus Mazama; Mazama (brockets)

genus Muntiacus; Muntiacus (muntjacs)

genus Moschus; Moschus (musk deer)

Elaphurus; genus Elaphurus (a genus of Cervidae)

Holonyms ("family Cervidae" is a member of...):

Ruminantia; suborder Ruminantia (cattle; bison; sheep; goats; antelopes; deer; chevrotains; giraffes; camels)