FAMILY MEGALONYCHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Megalonychidae mean? 

• FAMILY MEGALONYCHIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY MEGALONYCHIDAE has 1 sense:

1. mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths

  Familiarity information: FAMILY MEGALONYCHIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY MEGALONYCHIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Mammal family consisting of the two-toed sloths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Megalonychidae; Megalonychidae

Hypernyms ("family Megalonychidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Megalonychidae"):

Choloepus; genus Choloepus (a genus of Megalonychidae consisting of the two-toed sloth)

Holonyms ("family Megalonychidae" is a member of...):

suborder Xenarthra; Xenarthra (armadillos; American anteaters; sloths)