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    FAMILY GLIRIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Dormice and other Old World formsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Gliridae; Gliridae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "family Gliridae"):

    dormouse (small furry-tailed squirrel-like Old World rodent that becomes torpid in cold weather)

    genus Glis; Glis (type genus of the Gliridae)

    genus Muscardinus; Muscardinus (a genus of Gliridae)

    Eliomys; genus Eliomys (lerots)

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

    Myomorpha; suborder Myomorpha (true rats and mice and related rodents)

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