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FAMILY PERAMELIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bandicoots

Synonyms:

family Peramelidae; Peramelidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Peramelidae"):

bandicoot (any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous)

genus Macrotis; Macrotis (a genus of Peramelidae)

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

Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)

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