Definition of Family Peramelidae

1. Noun. Bandicoots.

Exact synonyms: Peramelidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Marsupialia, Order Marsupialia
Member holonyms: Bandicoot, Genus Macrotis, Macrotis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Peramelidae

family Parkeriaceae
family Parmeliaceae
family Parulidae
family Patellidae
family Pectinidae
family Pedaliaceae
family Pediculidae
family Pelecanidae
family Pelecanoididae
family Pelobatidae
family Pempheridae
family Peneidae
family Pennatulidae
family Peramelidae (current term)
family Percidae
family Percophidae
family Peridiniidae
family Peripatidae
family Peripatopsidae
family Peronosporaceae
family Pertusariaceae
family Petromyzontidae
family Pezizaceae
family Phaethontidae
family Phalacrocoracidae
family Phalangeridae
family Phalangiidae
family Phalaropidae

Literary usage of Family Peramelidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"One remarkable feature in the bandicoot family (Peramelidae) is the fact that the hind feet are almost precisely like those of kangaroos, although it is ..."

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