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FAMILY ODOBENIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Odobenidae mean? 

FAMILY ODOBENIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY ODOBENIDAE has 1 sense:

1. walruses and extinct formsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY ODOBENIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Walruses and extinct forms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Odobenidae; Odobenidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Odobenidae"):

genus Odobenus; Odobenus (type genus of the Odobenidae: walruses)

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

Pinnipedia; suborder Pinnipedia (seals; sea lions; walruses)


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