POTAMOGALIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Potamogalidae mean? 

• POTAMOGALIDAE (noun)
  The noun POTAMOGALIDAE has 1 sense:

1. otter shrews

  Familiarity information: POTAMOGALIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POTAMOGALIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Otter shrews

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Potamogalidae; Potamogalidae

Hypernyms ("Potamogalidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Potamogalidae"):

genus Potamogale (type genus of the family Potamogalidae: otter shrews)

Holonyms ("Potamogalidae" is a member of...):

Insectivora; order Insectivora (shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs)