mammal family meaning

• Noun: mammal family
  1. A family of mammals

  Derived forms: mammal families

  Type of: family

  Part of: Craniata, subphylum Craniata, subphylum Vertebrata, Vertebrata

• mammal:    Noun: mammal  ...
• aquatic mammal:    Noun: aquatic mamm ...
• artiodactyl mammal:    Noun: artiodactyl ...

Examples

1. The Smithsonian is preparing to welcome visitors to the mammal family reunion.
2. Weeks before that, though, New rodent discovery leads to new mammal family ).
3. It also signified the disappearance of an entire mammal family of river dolphins ( Lipotidae ).
4. The "'Nimba otter shrew "'( " Micropotamogale lamottei " ) is a dwarf otter shrew and belongs to the mammal family Tenrecidae.
5. Three mammal families are endemic to the bioregion; the Solenodontidae includes two species of " Solenodon ", one species on Cuba, the other on Hispaniola.