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Camelidae

noun

camels and llamas and vicunas

• Syn: ↑family Camelidae

• Hypernyms: ↑mammal family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Artiodactyla, ↑order Artiodactyla

• Member Meronyms: ↑Camelus, ↑genus Camelus, ↑Lama, ↑genus Lama, ↑Vicugna, ↑genus Vicugna

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\\kəˈmeləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Camelus, type genus + -idae

: a small family of ruminant mammals (order Artiodactyla) comprising camels, llamas, and extinct related forms all having long limbs with two toes and fused but distally divergent metapodials, a 3-chambered stomach, and oval red blood cells

Useful english dictionary. 2012.