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FAMILY MYLODONTIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct South American edentates
Synonyms:
family Mylodontidae; Mylodontidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Mylodontidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "family Mylodontidae"):
mylodontid (a variety of extinct edentate)
genus Mylodon (type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae)
mapinguari (supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest)
Holonyms ("family Mylodontidae" is a member of...):
Edentata; order Edentata (order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos)