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FAMILY GOMPHOTHERIIDAE

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Meaning:

Elephants extinct since the Pleistocene

Synonyms:

family Gomphotheriidae; Gomphotheriidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Gomphotheriidae"):

genus Gomphotherium; Gomphotherium (type genus of the Gomphotheriidae)

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

order Proboscidea; Proboscidea (an order of animals including elephants and mammoths)

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