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Definition of Camelidae
1. Noun. Camels and llamas and vicunas.
Exact synonyms: Family Camelidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Artiodactyla, Order Artiodactyla
Member holonyms: Camelus, Genus Camelus, Genus Lama, Lama, Genus Vicugna, Vicugna
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Artiodactyla, Order Artiodactyla
Member holonyms: Camelus, Genus Camelus, Genus Lama, Lama, Genus Vicugna, Vicugna
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camelidae
Literary usage of Camelidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1905)
"... Gid- ley *) and a doubtful Pliohippus, the Camelidae by ... The collateral
lines of Camelidae, so far as we know, died out, and the adaptive ..."
2. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1870)
"Excepting Camelidae, the Ruminantia have no incisors in the upper jaw, but in
nearly all cases eight in the lower, which shut against a callous pad above. ..."
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