FAMILY ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Ornithorhynchidae mean? 

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

1. platypus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ORNITHORHYNCHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Platypus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Ornithorhynchidae; Ornithorhynchidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Ornithorhynchidae"):

genus Ornithorhynchus; Ornithorhynchus (type genus of the family Ornithorhynchidae)

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

Monotremata; order Monotremata (coextensive with the subclass Prototheria)