family caenolestidae

English Thesaurus

1. small marsupials of southern South America (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	caenolestes, genus caenolestes,
definition	:	type genus of the family Caenolestidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	marsupialia, order marsupialia,
definition	:	coextensive with the subclass Metatheria (noun.animal)