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TENRECIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tenrecs and extinct related forms

Synonyms:

family Tenrecidae; Tenrecidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Tenrecidae"):

tendrac; tenrec (small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog)

genus Tenrec (type genus of the family Tenrecidae: tenrecs)

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

Insectivora; order Insectivora (shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs)

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