FAMILY DASYPROCTIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Agoutis and pacas

Synonyms:

Dasyproctidae; family Dasyproctidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Dasyproctidae"):

Dasyprocta; genus Dasyprocta (type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis)

Cuniculus; genus Cuniculus (pacas)

genus Stictomys; Stictomys (mountain pacas)

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

Hystricomorpha; suborder Hystricomorpha (an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc.)