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FAMILY SPALACIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Spalacidae mean?
• FAMILY SPALACIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY SPALACIDAE has 1 sense:
1. mole rats
Familiarity information: FAMILY SPALACIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mole rats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Spalacidae; Spalacidae
Hypernyms ("family Spalacidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Spalacidae"):
genus Spalax; Spalax (type genus of the Spalacidae)
Holonyms ("family Spalacidae" is a member of...):
Myomorpha; suborder Myomorpha (true rats and mice and related rodents)
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