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SUIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
family Suidae; Suidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Suidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Suidae"):
swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)
genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)
Babyrousa; genus Babyrousa (a genus of Suidae)
genus Phacochoerus; Phacochoerus (warthogs)
Holonyms ("Suidae" is a member of...):
Artiodactyla; order Artiodactyla (an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes)