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RHINOCEROS FAMILY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rhinoceros family mean?
• RHINOCEROS FAMILY (noun)
The noun RHINOCEROS FAMILY has 1 sense:
1. rhinoceroses
Familiarity information: RHINOCEROS FAMILY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rhinoceroses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Rhinocerotidae; rhinoceros family; Rhinocerotidae
Hypernyms ("rhinoceros family" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "rhinoceros family"):
rhino; rhinoceros (massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout)
genus Rhinoceros (type genus of the Rhinocerotidae)
Ceratotherium; genus Ceratotherium (African genus)
Diceros; genus Diceros (most common species in Africa)
Holonyms ("rhinoceros family" is a member of...):
order Perissodactyla; Perissodactyla (nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms)
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