FAMILY DASYPROCTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Dasyproctidae mean? 

• FAMILY DASYPROCTIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY DASYPROCTIDAE has 1 sense:

1. agoutis and pacas

  Familiarity information: FAMILY DASYPROCTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY DASYPROCTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Agoutis and pacas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Dasyproctidae; family Dasyproctidae

Hypernyms ("family Dasyproctidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Dasyproctidae"):

Dasyprocta; genus Dasyprocta (type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis)

Cuniculus; genus Cuniculus (pacas)

genus Stictomys; Stictomys (mountain pacas)

Holonyms ("family Dasyproctidae" is a member of...):

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