noun
raccoons; coatis; cacomistles; kinkajous; and sometimes pandas
• Syn: ↑family Procyonidae
• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Carnivora, ↑order Carnivora
• Member Meronyms:
↑procyonid, ↑Procyon, ↑genus Procyon, ↑Bassariscidae, ↑subfamily Bassariscidae, ↑Bassariscus, ↑genus Bassariscus, ↑Potos, ↑genus Potos, ↑Nasua, ↑genus Nasua, ↑Ailurus, ↑genus Ailurus, ↑Ailuropoda, ↑genus Ailuropoda
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\\ˌprōsēˈänəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of plantigrade carnivorous mammals consisting of the raccoons, coatis, cacomistles, kinkajous, and sometimes the pandas
Useful english dictionary. 2012.