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FAMILY TAPIRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Tapiridae mean?
• FAMILY TAPIRIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY TAPIRIDAE has 1 sense:
1. tapirs and extinct related forms
Familiarity information: FAMILY TAPIRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tapirs and extinct related forms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Tapiridae; Tapiridae
Hypernyms ("family Tapiridae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Tapiridae"):
genus Tapirus; Tapirus (type genus of the Tapiridae)
Holonyms ("family Tapiridae" is a member of...):
order Perissodactyla; Perissodactyla (nonruminant ungulates: horses; tapirs; rhinoceros; extinct forms)
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