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FAMILY PROCYONIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Procyonidae mean?
• FAMILY PROCYONIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY PROCYONIDAE has 1 sense:
1. raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas
Familiarity information: FAMILY PROCYONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Procyonidae; Procyonidae
Hypernyms ("family Procyonidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Procyonidae"):
procyonid (plantigrade carnivorous mammals)
genus Procyon; Procyon (the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons)
Bassariscidae; subfamily Bassariscidae (in some classifications considered a separate family)
Bassariscus; genus Bassariscus (cacomistles)
genus Potos; Potos (a genus of Procyonidae)
genus Nasua; Nasua (coatis)
Ailurus; genus Ailurus (lesser pandas)
Ailuropoda; genus Ailuropoda (only the giant panda: in some classifications considered a genus of the separate family Ailuropodidae)
Holonyms ("family Procyonidae" is a member of...):
Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)
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