family mylodontidae

English Thesaurus

1. extinct South American edentates (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	mylodontid,
definition	:	a variety of extinct edentate (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus mylodon,
definition	:	type genus of the Mylodontidae; sometimes included in family Megatheriidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	mapinguari,
definition	:	supposed human-sized sloth-like creature reportedly sighted by Indians in the Amazon rain forest (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	edentata, order edentata,
definition	:	order of mammals having few or no teeth including: New World anteaters; sloths; armadillos (noun.animal)