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TUPAIIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates
Synonyms:
family Tupaiidae; Tupaiidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tupaiidae" is a kind of...):
mammal family (a family of mammals)
Meronyms (members of "Tupaiidae"):
genus Tupaia; Tupaia (the type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews)
tree shrew (insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout)
genus Ptilocercus; Ptilocercus (pentails)
Holonyms ("Tupaiidae" is a member of...):
order Scandentia; Scandentia (a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora))
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