Library / English Dictionary

APLODONTIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mountain beavers

Synonyms:

Aplodontiidae; family Aplodontiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Aplodontiidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Aplodontiidae"):

Aplodontia; genus Aplodontia (type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers)

Holonyms ("Aplodontiidae" is a member of...):

Sciuromorpha; suborder Sciuromorpha (large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.)

Credits