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SUIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pigs; hogs; boars

Synonyms:

family Suidae; Suidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Suidae"):

swine (stout-bodied short-legged omnivorous animals)

genus Sus; Sus (type genus of the Suidae)

Babyrousa; genus Babyrousa (a genus of Suidae)

genus Phacochoerus; Phacochoerus (warthogs)

Holonyms ("Suidae" 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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