Hippopotamidae
Translingual
Etymology
Proper noun
Hippopotamidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – the common hippopotamus, pygmy hippopotamus and similar extinct animals.
- The hippopotamus belongs to Hippopotamidae.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order
Hyponyms
- (family): Hippopotaminae – sole extant subfamily
- Choeropsis, Hippopotamus – extant genera
Translations
taxonomic family
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