FAMILY PELOBATIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Pelobatidae mean? 

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

1. the amphibian family of spadefoot toads

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PELOBATIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

The amphibian family of spadefoot toads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pelobatidae; Pelobatidae

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

amphibian family (any family of amphibians)

Meronyms (members of "family Pelobatidae"):

genus Scaphiopus; Scaphiopus (New World spadefoot toads)

spadefoot; spadefoot toad (a burrowing toad of the northern hemisphere with a horny spade-like projection on each hind foot)

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

Anura; Batrachia; order Anura; order Batrachia; order Salientia; Salientia (frogs, toads, tree toads)