PERAMELIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Bandicoots

Synonyms:

family Peramelidae; Peramelidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Peramelidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "Peramelidae"):

bandicoot (any of various agile ratlike terrestrial marsupials of Australia and adjacent islands; insectivorous and herbivorous)

genus Macrotis; Macrotis (a genus of Peramelidae)

Holonyms ("Peramelidae" is a member of...):

Marsupialia; order Marsupialia (coextensive with the subclass Metatheria)