FAMILY CAENOLESTIDAE

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Meaning:

Small marsupials of southern South America

Synonyms:

Caenolestidae; family Caenolestidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Caenolestidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Caenolestidae"):

Caenolestes; genus Caenolestes (type genus of the family Caenolestidae)

Holonyms ("family Caenolestidae" is a member of...):

Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)