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MUSTELIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mustelidae mean? 

MUSTELIDAE (noun)
  The noun MUSTELIDAE has 1 sense:

1. weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martensplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


MUSTELIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Weasels; polecats; ferrets; minks; fishers; otters; badgers; skunks; wolverines; martens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Mustelidae; Mustelidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Mustelidae"):

genus Spilogale; Spilogale; Eira; genus Eira; Charronia; genus Charronia (a genus of Mustelidae)

genus Martes; Martes (martens)

genus Galictis (alternative name for the genus Grison)

genus Grison; genus Gulo; Gulo; Arctonyx; genus Arctonyx; genus Melogale; Melogale (a genus of Mustelidae)

genus Mellivora; Mellivora (ratels)

genus Meles; Meles (in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Melinae)

genus Taxidea; Taxidea (in some classifications considered a genus of subfamily Melinae)

Melinae; subfamily Melinae (subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers)

Conepatus; genus Conepatus (a genus of Mustelidae)

genus Mephitis; Mephitis (in some classifications: type genus of the subfamily Mephitinae)

Mephitinae; subfamily Mephitinae (subdivision not used in some classifications: skunks)

Enhydra; genus Enhydra (sea otters)

genus Lutra; Lutra (in some classifications considered a genus of the subfamily Lutrinae)

Lutrinae; subfamily Lutrinae (subdivision not used in some classifications: otters)

genus Ictonyx; Ictonyx (a genus of Mustelidae)

genus Poecilogale; Poecilogale (muishonds)

genus Mustela; Mustela (type genus of the family Mustelidae: minks and weasels)

mustelid; musteline; musteline mammal (fissiped fur-bearing carnivorous mammals)

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

Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)


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