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FAMILY DASYURIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils

Synonyms:

Dasyuridae; family Dasyuridae; family Dasyurinae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Dasyuridae"):

dasyurid; dasyurid marsupial (small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania)

Dasyurus; genus Dasyurus (type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats)

genus Thylacinus; Thylacinus (Tasmanian wolf)

genus Sarcophilus; Sarcophilus (Tasmanian devil)

genus Phascogale; Phascogale (pouched mice)

genus Myrmecobius; Myrmecobius (banded anteater)

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

Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)

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