family tupaiidae
English Thesaurus
1. tree shrews; in some classifications tree shrews are considered prosimian primates (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | mammal family, |
| definition | : | a family of mammals (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | genus tupaia, tupaia, |
| definition | : | the type genus of the Tupaia: chief genus of tree shrews (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | tree shrew, |
| definition | : | insectivorous arboreal mammal of southeast Asia that resembles a squirrel with large eyes and long sharp snout (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | order scandentia, scandentia, |
| definition | : | a small order comprising only the tree shrews: in some classifications tree shrews are considered either primates (and included in the suborder Prosimii) or true insectivores (and included in the order Insectivora) (noun.animal) |
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