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HIPPOPOTAMIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Hippopotami

Synonyms:

family Hippopotamidae; Hippopotamidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Hippopotamidae"):

genus Hippopotamus (type genus of the Hippopotamidae)

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

Artiodactyla; order Artiodactyla (an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes)

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