Translingual

Octodon degus (degu)

Proper noun

Octodontidae

1. A taxonomic family within the infraorder Caviomorpha – some South American caviomorphs, including the degus.

Hypernyms

• (family): Mammalia - class; Trechnotheria - subclass; Zatheria - infraclass; Theria - supercohort; Placentalia - cohort; Rodentia - order; Hystricomorpha - suborder; Hystricognathi - infraorder; Caviomorpha - infraorder; Octodontoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Aconaemys, Octodon, Octodontomys, Octomys, Pipanacoctomys, Salinoctomys, Spalacopus, Tympanoctomys (genera)