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    FAMILY DASYURIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devilsplay

    Synonyms:

    Dasyuridae; family Dasyuridae; family Dasyurinae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "family Dasyuridae"):

    dasyurid; dasyurid marsupial (small carnivorous nocturnal marsupials of Australia and Tasmania)

    Dasyurus; genus Dasyurus (type genus of the family Dasyuridae: native cats)

    genus Thylacinus; Thylacinus (Tasmanian wolf)

    genus Sarcophilus; Sarcophilus (Tasmanian devil)

    genus Phascogale; Phascogale (pouched mice)

    genus Myrmecobius; Myrmecobius (banded anteater)

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

    Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)

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