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FAMILY APLODONTIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Aplodontiidae mean?
• FAMILY APLODONTIIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY APLODONTIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. mountain beavers
Familiarity information: FAMILY APLODONTIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mountain beavers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aplodontiidae; family Aplodontiidae
Hypernyms ("family Aplodontiidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Aplodontiidae"):
Aplodontia; genus Aplodontia (type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers)
Holonyms ("family Aplodontiidae" is a member of...):
Sciuromorpha; suborder Sciuromorpha (large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.)
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