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FAMILY CASTORIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beavers
Synonyms:
Castoridae; family Castoridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Castoridae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Castoridae"):
Castor; genus Castor (type genus of the Castoridae: beavers)
Castoroides; genus Castoroides (extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States)
Holonyms ("family Castoridae" is a member of...):
Sciuromorpha; suborder Sciuromorpha (large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc.)
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