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APLODONTIA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Aplodontiidae: comprising the mountain beavers

Synonyms:

Aplodontia; genus Aplodontia

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Aplodontia" is a kind of...):

mammal genus (a genus of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Aplodontia"):

Aplodontia rufa; mountain beaver; sewellel (bulky nocturnal burrowing rodent of uplands of the Pacific coast of North America; the most primitive living rodent)

Holonyms ("Aplodontia" is a member of...):

Aplodontiidae; family Aplodontiidae (mountain beavers)

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