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HIPPOPOTAMIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
family Hippopotamidae; Hippopotamidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Hippopotamidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Hippopotamidae"):
genus Hippopotamus (type genus of the Hippopotamidae)
Holonyms ("Hippopotamidae" is a member of...):
Artiodactyla; order Artiodactyla (an order of hooved mammals of the subclass Eutheria (including pigs and peccaries and hippopotami and members of the suborder Ruminantia) having an even number of functional toes)