subfamily melinae

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   subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers

   SynonymsMelinae

   Broadermammal family

   Part ofMustelidae

Questions about subfamily melinae

What does subfamily melinae mean?

subfamily melinae means "subdivision not used in some classifications: badgers".

What is another word for subfamily melinae?

Close synonyms include Melinae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subfamily melinae a common word?

subfamily melinae is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.