FAMILY RHINOCEROTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Rhinocerotidae mean? 

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

1. rhinoceroses

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY RHINOCEROTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Rhinoceroses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Rhinocerotidae; rhinoceros family; Rhinocerotidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Rhinocerotidae"):

rhino; rhinoceros (massive powerful herbivorous odd-toed ungulate of southeast Asia and Africa having very thick skin and one or two horns on the snout)

genus Rhinoceros (type genus of the Rhinocerotidae)

Ceratotherium; genus Ceratotherium (African genus)

Diceros; genus Diceros (most common species in Africa)

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

order Perissodactyla; Perissodactyla (nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms)