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TENRECIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Tenrecs and extinct related forms
Synonyms:
family Tenrecidae; Tenrecidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tenrecidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Tenrecidae"):
tendrac; tenrec (small often spiny insectivorous mammal of Madagascar; resembles a hedgehog)
genus Tenrec (type genus of the family Tenrecidae: tenrecs)
Holonyms ("Tenrecidae" is a member of...):
Insectivora; order Insectivora (shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs)