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GLIRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gliridae mean? 

GLIRIDAE (noun)
  The noun GLIRIDAE has 1 sense:

1. dormice and other Old World formsplay

  Familiarity information: GLIRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GLIRIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Dormice and other Old World forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Gliridae; Gliridae

Hypernyms ("Gliridae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Gliridae"):

dormouse (small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather)

genus Glis; Glis (type genus of the Gliridae)

genus Muscardinus; Muscardinus (a genus of Gliridae)

Eliomys; genus Eliomys (lerots)

Holonyms ("Gliridae" is a member of...):

Myomorpha; suborder Myomorpha (true rats and mice and related rodents)


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