FAMILY MASTODONTIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Extinct family: mastodons

Synonyms:

family Mammutidae; family Mastodontidae; Mammutidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Mastodontidae"):

genus Mammut; genus Mastodon; Mammut (extinct type genus of the Mammutidae: mastodons)

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

order Proboscidea; Proboscidea (an order of animals including elephants and mammoths)