PROCAVIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Procaviidae mean? 

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

1. includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCAVIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Procaviidae; Procaviidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Procaviidae"):

coney; cony; das; dassie; hyrax (any of several small ungulate mammals of Africa and Asia with rodent-like incisors and feet with hooflike toes)

genus Procavia; Procavia (type genus of the Procaviidae)

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

Hyracoidea; order Hyracoidea (hyraxes and some extinct animals)