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FAMILY PLATANISTIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Platanistidae mean?
• FAMILY PLATANISTIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY PLATANISTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. river dolphins
Familiarity information: FAMILY PLATANISTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
River dolphins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Platanistidae; Platanistidae
Hypernyms ("family Platanistidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Platanistidae"):
river dolphin (any of several long-snouted usually freshwater dolphins of South America and southern Asia)
Holonyms ("family Platanistidae" is a member of...):
Odontoceti; suborder Odontoceti (toothed whales: dolphins; porpoises; sperm whales; beaked whales)
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