castoridae

English Thesaurus

1. beavers (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	mammal family,
definition	:	a family of mammals (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	castor, genus castor,
definition	:	type genus of the Castoridae: beavers (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	castoroides, genus castoroides,
definition	:	extinct beavers of the Pleistocene; of eastern and southern United States (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	sciuromorpha, suborder sciuromorpha,
definition	:	large more or less primitive rodents: squirrels; marmots; gophers; beavers; etc. (noun.animal)