DUPLICIDENTATA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

In former classifications considered a suborder of Rodentia coextensive with the order Lagomorpha: gnawing animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

gnawing mammal; lagomorph (relative large gnawing animals; distinguished from rodents by having two pairs of upper incisors specialized for gnawing)

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

Lagomorpha; order Lagomorpha (rabbits; hares; pikas; formerly considered the suborder Duplicidentata of the order Rodentia)

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