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FAMILY TENRECIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Tenrecidae mean?
• FAMILY TENRECIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY TENRECIDAE has 1 sense:
1. tenrecs and extinct related forms
Familiarity information: FAMILY TENRECIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tenrecs and extinct related forms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Tenrecidae; Tenrecidae
Hypernyms ("family Tenrecidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Tenrecidae"):
tendrac; tenrec (small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog)
genus Tenrec (type genus of the family Tenrecidae: tenrecs)
Holonyms ("family Tenrecidae" is a member of...):
Insectivora; order Insectivora (shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs)
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