Definition of Manidae

1. Noun. Coextensive with the order Pholidota.

Exact synonyms: Family Manidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Order Pholidota, Pholidota
Member holonyms: Genus Manis, Manis

Lexicographical Neighbors of Manidae

Manichaeanism
Manichaeans
Manichaeism
Manichaeist
Manichaeists
Manichean
Manicheanism
Manicheans
Manichee
Manichees
Manicheism
Manicheist
Manicheists
Manichæan
Manichæans
Manidae (current term)
Manide
Manihot
Manihot dulcis
Manihot esculenta
Manihot utilissima
Manikgonj District
Manila
Manila Bay
Manila bean
Manila hemp
Manila rope
Manileño
Manileños

Literary usage of Manidae

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)
"Soc. xlvii. 1890, p. 246. • Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 239, and 1896, p. 296. 3 " Revision of the Manidae in the Leyden Museum," Notes Leyd. Mus. if., p. ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"PANGOLIN, the Malay name for one of the species of the scaly anteaters, which belong to the order Edentata (qv)t and typify the family Manidae and the genus ..."

3. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"... Tragulidae and Manidae in Africa were compared with their occurrence in the Oriental region. The connection of the African continent with Eurasia in ..."

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