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FAMILY HYAENIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Hyaenidae mean?
• FAMILY HYAENIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY HYAENIDAE has 1 sense:
1. hyenas
Familiarity information: FAMILY HYAENIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hyenas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Hyaenidae; Hyaenidae
Hypernyms ("family Hyaenidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Hyaenidae"):
hyaena; hyena (doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion)
genus Hyaena (type genus of the Hyaenidae)
Crocuta; genus Crocuta (a genus of Hyaenidae)
genus Proteles; Proteles (aardwolf)
Holonyms ("family Hyaenidae" is a member of...):
Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)
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