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Definition of Manidae
1. Noun. Coextensive with the order Pholidota.
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Order Pholidota, Pholidota
Member holonyms: Genus Manis, Manis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Manidae
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 ..."