Definition of Family Manidae

1. Noun. Coextensive with the order Pholidota.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Manidae

family Lycosidae
family Lygaeidae
family Lymantriidae
family Lythraceae
family Machilidae
family Macropodidae
family Macrorhamphosidae
family Macrouridae
family Macruridae
family Magnoliaceae
family Majidae
family Malacanthidae
family Malpighiaceae
family Malvaceae
family Mammutidae
family Manidae (current term)
family Manteidae
family Mantidae
family Mantispidae
family Marantaceae
family Marattiaceae
family Marchantiaceae
family Marsileaceae
family Martyniaceae
family Mastodontidae
family Mastotermitidae
family Mayacaceae
family Megachilidae
family Megadermatidae
family Megalonychidae

Literary usage of Family Manidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Life of Animals: The Mammals by Ernest Ingersoll (1907)
"... and hardly any between them and the Pango- toothless pangolins or " scaly ant-caters " of the family Manidae. The scales which give the latter quaint ..."

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