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Definition of Caenolestidae
1. Noun. Small marsupials of southern South America.
Exact synonyms: Family Caenolestidae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Marsupialia, Order Marsupialia
Member holonyms: Caenolestes, Genus Caenolestes
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Marsupialia, Order Marsupialia
Member holonyms: Caenolestes, Genus Caenolestes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Caenolestidae
Literary usage of Caenolestidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1905)
"... as the degree of reduction of the external cingulum and styloid cusps in the
upper molars is greater. The most primitive of the caenolestidae, the genus ..."