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Definition of Hydromyinae
1. Noun. Water rats of Australia and New Guinea.
Exact synonyms: Subfamily Hydromyinae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Family Muridae, Muridae
Member holonyms: Genus Hydromys, Hydromys
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Family Muridae, Muridae
Member holonyms: Genus Hydromys, Hydromys
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydromyinae
Literary usage of Hydromyinae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"Hydromyinae.—The genus Hydromys} of which tliere are several species, the best
known being H. chrysogaster, is an exclusively Australian form, ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The last representatives of the Muridae arc confined to Australasia ana the
Philippines, and constitute the sub-family Hydromyinae, characterized by the ..."
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