CAVIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Caviidae mean? 

• CAVIIDAE (noun)
  The noun CAVIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of Hystricomorpha

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CAVIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of Hystricomorpha

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caviidae; family Caviidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Caviidae"):

Cavia; genus Cavia (type genus of the Caviidae: guinea pigs)

Dolichotis; genus Dolichotis (maras)

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

Hystricomorpha; suborder Hystricomorpha (an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.)

 Context examples 

The determination of the amount of large secretory granule-containing immune cells in a biological specimen taken from members of certain genera of the Caviidae family.

(Kurloff Cells Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)

A common name used for the family Caviidae.

(Guinea Pig, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)