castoridae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Castoridae*:
NOUN	animal	Castoridae, family Castoridae	beavers

English > *Castoridae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	beavers.
Synonym	family Castoridae
Member of	Sciuromorpha, suborder Sciuromorpha	large more or less primitive rodents
Members	Castor, genus Castor	type genus of the Castoridae
Members	Castoroides, genus Castoroides	Extinct beavers of the Pleistocene
Broader	mammal family	A family of mammals
Spanish	Castoridae, castóridos, familia Castoridae
Catalan	Castoridae, Castòrid, castòrids

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