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Ochotonidae

noun

pikas and extinct forms

• Syn: ↑family Ochotonidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lagomorpha, ↑order Lagomorpha

• Member Meronyms:

↑pika, ↑mouse hare, ↑rock rabbit, ↑coney, ↑cony, ↑Ochotona, ↑genus Ochotona

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\\-tänəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of short-eared lagomorph mammals that comprises the pikas and various extinct related forms

Useful english dictionary. 2012.