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FAMILY ALLIGATORIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Alligators; caimans

Synonyms:

Alligatoridae; family Alligatoridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

reptile family (a family of reptiles)

Meronyms (members of "family Alligatoridae"):

genus Alligator (type genus of the Alligatoridae)

genus Caiman (caimans)

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

Crocodilia; Crocodylia; order Crocodilia; order Crocodylia (crocodiles; alligators; caimans; gavials)

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