PROCYONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Procyonidae mean? 

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

1. raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROCYONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Procyonidae; Procyonidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Procyonidae"):

procyonid (plantigrade carnivorous mammals)

genus Procyon; Procyon (the type genus of the family Procyonidae: raccoons)

Bassariscidae; subfamily Bassariscidae (in some classifications considered a separate family)

Bassariscus; genus Bassariscus (cacomistles)

genus Potos; Potos (a genus of Procyonidae)

genus Nasua; Nasua (coatis)

Ailurus; genus Ailurus (lesser pandas)

Ailuropoda; genus Ailuropoda (only the giant panda: in some classifications considered a genus of the separate family Ailuropodidae)

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

Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)