FAMILY GOMPHOTHERIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Gomphotheriidae mean? 

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

1. elephants extinct since the Pleistocene

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY GOMPHOTHERIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Elephants extinct since the Pleistocene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Gomphotheriidae; Gomphotheriidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Gomphotheriidae"):

genus Gomphotherium; Gomphotherium (type genus of the Gomphotheriidae)

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

order Proboscidea; Proboscidea (an order of animals including elephants and mammoths)