Moschidae
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Translingual
Proper noun
Moschidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Artiodactyla – certain pecoran even-toed ungulates, including the musk deer and its extinct relatives.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Artiodactyla – order; Ruminantia - suborder
Hyponyms
- (family): Moschus - the only extant genus