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    PROCYONIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandasplay

    Synonyms:

    family Procyonidae; Procyonidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    mammal family (a family of mammals)

    Meronyms (members of "Procyonidae"):

    procyonid (plantigrade carnivorous mammals)

    genus Procyon; Procyon (the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons)

    Bassariscidae; subfamily Bassariscidae (in some classifications considered a separate family)

    Bassariscus; genus Bassariscus (cacomistles)

    genus Potos; Potos (a genus of Procyonidae)

    genus Nasua; Nasua (coatis)

    Ailurus; genus Ailurus (lesser pandas)

    Ailuropoda; genus Ailuropoda (only the giant panda: in some classifications considered a genus of the separate family Ailuropodidae)

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

    Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)

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