family chinchillidae

English Thesaurus

1. small bushy-tailed South American burrowing rodents (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	genus chinchilla,
definition	:	type genus of the Chinchillidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus lagidium, lagidium,
definition	:	a genus of Chinchillidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus lagostomus, lagostomus,
definition	:	viscachas (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	abrocoma, genus abrocoma,
definition	:	abrocomes (noun.animal)

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