ORDER PHOLIDOTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does order Pholidota mean? 

• ORDER PHOLIDOTA (noun)
  The noun ORDER PHOLIDOTA has 1 sense:

1. pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata

  Familiarity information: ORDER PHOLIDOTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ORDER PHOLIDOTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pangolins; in some former classifications included in the order Edentata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Pholidota; Pholidota

Hypernyms ("order Pholidota" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Pholidota"):

family Manidae; Manidae (coextensive with the order Pholidota)

Holonyms ("order Pholidota" is a member of...):

Eutheria; subclass Eutheria (all mammals except monotremes and marsupials)