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CASTORIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Beavers

Synonyms:

Castoridae; family Castoridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Castoridae"):

Castor; genus Castor (type genus of the Castoridae: beavers)

Castoroides; genus Castoroides (extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States)

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

Sciuromorpha; suborder Sciuromorpha (large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.)

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