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SUBFAMILY HYDROMYINAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Water rats of Australia and New Guinea

Synonyms:

Hydromyinae; subfamily Hydromyinae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("subfamily Hydromyinae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "subfamily Hydromyinae"):

genus Hydromys; Hydromys (water rats)

Holonyms ("subfamily Hydromyinae" is a member of...):

family Muridae; Muridae (originally Old World rats now distributed worldwide; distinguished from the Cricetidae by typically lacking cheek pouches)

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