SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Hystricomorpha mean? 

• SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA (noun)
  The noun SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA has 1 sense:

1. an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.

  Familiarity information: SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Hystricomorpha; suborder Hystricomorpha

Hypernyms ("suborder Hystricomorpha" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "suborder Hystricomorpha"):

family Hystricidae; Hystricidae (Old World porcupines)

Erethizontidae; family Erethizontidae (New World arboreal porcupines)

Caviidae; family Caviidae (a family of Hystricomorpha)

Dasyproctidae; family Dasyproctidae (agoutis and pacas)

Capromyidae; family Capromyidae (coypus)

Chinchillidae; family Chinchillidae (small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents)

Bathyergidae; family Bathyergidae (mole rats; sand rats)

Holonyms ("suborder Hystricomorpha" is a member of...):

order Rodentia; Rodentia (small gnawing animals: porcupines; rats; mice; squirrels; marmots; beavers; gophers; voles; hamsters; guinea pigs; agoutis)