ELEPHANTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Elephantidae mean? 

• ELEPHANTIDAE (noun)
  The noun ELEPHANTIDAE has 1 sense:

1. elephants

  Familiarity information: ELEPHANTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELEPHANTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Elephants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Elephantidae; family Elephantidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Elephantidae"):

elephant (five-toed pachyderm)

Elephas; genus Elephas (type genus of the family Elephantidae)

genus Loxodonta; Loxodonta (a genus of Elephantidae)

genus Mammuthus; Mammuthus (extinct genus: mammoths)

Archidiskidon; genus Archidiskidon (a genus of Elephantidae)

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

order Proboscidea; Proboscidea (an order of animals including elephants and mammoths)