Caenolestoidea

plural noun

Cae·​no·​les·​toi·​dea

: a superfamily of diprotodont marsupials comprising the opossum rats and extinct related forms

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Caenolestes, type genus + -oidea

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

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