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FAMILY MAMMUTIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Extinct family: mastodons

Synonyms:

family Mammutidae; family Mastodontidae; Mammutidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Mammutidae"):

genus Mammut; genus Mastodon; Mammut (extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons)

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

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

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