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GOMPHOTHERIIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elephants extinct since the Pleistocene
Synonyms:
family Gomphotheriidae; Gomphotheriidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gomphotheriidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Gomphotheriidae"):
genus Gomphotherium; Gomphotherium (type genus of the Gomphotheriidae)
Holonyms ("Gomphotheriidae" is a member of...):
order Proboscidea; Proboscidea (an order of animals including elephants and mammoths)