FAMILY TACHYGLOSSIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Tachyglossidae mean? 

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

1. echidnas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY TACHYGLOSSIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Echidnas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Tachyglossidae; Tachyglossidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Tachyglossidae"):

genus Tachyglossus; Tachyglossus (type genus of the family Tachyglossidae)

genus Zaglossus; Zaglossus (a genus of Tachyglossidae)

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

Monotremata; order Monotremata (coextensive with the subclass Prototheria)