family dasyproctidae

English Thesaurus

1. agoutis and pacas (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal family,
definition	:	a family of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	dasyprocta, genus dasyprocta,
definition	:	type genus of the Dasyproctidae: agoutis (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cuniculus, genus cuniculus,
definition	:	pacas (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus stictomys, stictomys,
definition	:	mountain pacas (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	hystricomorpha, suborder hystricomorpha,
definition	:	an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc. (noun.animal)