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PERAMELIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Peramelidae mean? 

PERAMELIDAE (noun)
  The noun PERAMELIDAE has 1 sense:

1. bandicootsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PERAMELIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bandicoots

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Peramelidae; Peramelidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Peramelidae"):

bandicoot (any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous)

genus Macrotis; Macrotis (a genus of Peramelidae)

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

Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)


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