FAMILY ERETHIZONTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Erethizontidae mean? 

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

1. New World arboreal porcupines

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ERETHIZONTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

New World arboreal porcupines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Erethizontidae; family Erethizontidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Erethizontidae"):

New World porcupine (arboreal porcupine)

Erethizon; genus Erethizon (a genus of Erethizontidae)

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

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