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PERAMELIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Peramelidae mean?
• PERAMELIDAE (noun)
The noun PERAMELIDAE has 1 sense:
1. bandicoots
Familiarity information: PERAMELIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bandicoots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Peramelidae; Peramelidae
Hypernyms ("Peramelidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Peramelidae"):
bandicoot (any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous)
genus Macrotis; Macrotis (a genus of Peramelidae)
Holonyms ("Peramelidae" is a member of...):
Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)
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