FAMILY DIDELPHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Didelphidae mean? 

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

1. opossums

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY DIDELPHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Opossums

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Didelphidae; family Didelphidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Didelphidae"):

opossum; possum (nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America)

Didelphis; genus Didelphis (type genus of the family Didelphidae)

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

Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)