Translingual

Proper noun

Hydrochoeridae

1. A taxonomic family within the superfamily Cavioideae – capybaras and rock cavies, but recently reassessed as a subfamily, Hydrochoerinae.

Synonyms

• (family): Hydrochaeridae

Hypernyms

• (family): Mammalia - class, Theria - subclass, Placentalia - infraclass, Rodentia - order, Hystricomorpha - suborder, Hystricognathi - infraorder, Caviomorpha - infraorder

Hyponyms

• (family): Hydrochoerus, Kerodon - genera