FAMILY MASTODONTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Mastodontidae mean? 

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

1. extinct family: mastodons

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY MASTODONTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct family: mastodons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Mammutidae; family Mastodontidae; Mammutidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Mastodontidae"):

genus Mammut; genus Mastodon; Mammut (extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons)

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

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