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FAMILY TALPIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Talpidae mean?

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

1. moles

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

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY TALPIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

family Talpidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Moles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Talpidae; Talpidae

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

mammal family (a family of mammals)

Meronyms (members of "family Talpidae"):

mole (small velvety-furred burrowing mammal having small eyes and fossorial forefeet)

Condylura; genus Condylura (star-nosed moles)

genus Parascalops; Parascalops (brewer's moles)

genus Uropsilus; Uropsilus; genus Neurotrichus; Neurotrichus (shrew moles)

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

Insectivora; order Insectivora (shrews; moles; hedgehogs; tenrecs)

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