FAMILY GLIRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Gliridae mean? 

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

1. dormice and other Old World forms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY GLIRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Dormice and other Old World forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Gliridae; Gliridae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Gliridae"):

dormouse (small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather)

genus Glis; Glis (type genus of the Gliridae)

genus Muscardinus; Muscardinus (a genus of Gliridae)

Eliomys; genus Eliomys (lerots)

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

Myomorpha; suborder Myomorpha (true rats and mice and related rodents)