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FAMILY HYAENIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Hyaenidae mean?

• FAMILY HYAENIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY HYAENIDAE has 1 sense:

1. hyenas

Familiarity information: FAMILY HYAENIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY HYAENIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

family Hyaenidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Hyenas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Hyaenidae; Hyaenidae

Hypernyms ("family Hyaenidae" is a kind of...):

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Hyaenidae"):

hyaena; hyena (doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion)

genus Hyaena (type genus of the Hyaenidae)

Crocuta; genus Crocuta (a genus of Hyaenidae)

genus Proteles; Proteles (aardwolf)

Holonyms ("family Hyaenidae" is a member of...):

Carnivora; order Carnivora (cats; lions; tigers; panthers; dogs; wolves; jackals; bears; raccoons; skunks; and members of the suborder Pinnipedia)

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