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DIDELPHIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Didelphidae mean?
• DIDELPHIDAE (noun)
The noun DIDELPHIDAE has 1 sense:
1. opossums
Familiarity information: DIDELPHIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Opossums
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Didelphidae; family Didelphidae
Hypernyms ("Didelphidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Didelphidae"):
opossum; possum (nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America)
Didelphis; genus Didelphis (type genus of the family Didelphidae)
Holonyms ("Didelphidae" is a member of...):
Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)
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