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Castoridae

noun

beavers

• Syn: ↑family Castoridae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sciuromorpha, ↑suborder Sciuromorpha

• Member Meronyms: ↑Castor, ↑genus Castor, ↑Castoroides, ↑genus Castoroides

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\\kaˈstȯrəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of rather large heavy-skulled sciuromorph rodents comprising the beavers and extinct related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.