family caviidae

English Thesaurus

1. a family of Hystricomorpha (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	cavia, genus cavia,
definition	:	type genus of the Caviidae: guinea pigs (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	dolichotis, genus dolichotis,
definition	:	maras (noun.animal)

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