Translingual

Proper noun

Castoridae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Rodentia – the beavers and their extinct close relatives.

Hypernyms

• (family): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order; Castorimorpha - suborder

Hyponyms

• (family): Castorinae - sole extant subfamily; †Agnotocastorinae, †Palaeocastorinae, †Castoroidinae - extinct subfamilies
  • Castor - sole extant genus