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FAMILY DIDELPHIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Opossums

Synonyms:

Didelphidae; family Didelphidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Didelphidae"):

opossum; possum (nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America)

Didelphis; genus Didelphis (type genus of the family Didelphidae)

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

Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)

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