FAMILY TENRECIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Tenrecs and extinct related forms

Synonyms:

family Tenrecidae; Tenrecidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Tenrecidae"):

tendrac; tenrec (small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog)

genus Tenrec (type genus of the family Tenrecidae: tenrecs)

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

Insectivora; order Insectivora (shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs)