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Caenolestidae

noun

small marsupials of southern South America

• Syn: ↑family Caenolestidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Marsupialia, ↑order Marsupialia

• Member Meronyms: ↑Caenolestes, ↑genus Caenolestes

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlestəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Caenolestes, type genus + -idae

: a family of diprotodont marsupials that includes all recent diprotodonts occurring outside the Australian region and many extinct related forms — see caenolestes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.