family bathyergidae

English Thesaurus

1. mole rats; sand rats (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	bathyergus, genus bathyergus,
definition	:	mole rats (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus heterocephalus, heterocephalus,
definition	:	sand rats (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	hystricomorpha, suborder hystricomorpha,
definition	:	an order of rodents including: porcupines; guinea pigs; chinchillas; etc. (noun.animal)