Procaviidae

plural noun

Pro·​ca·​vi·​idae

ˌprōkəˈvīəˌdē

: a family of Old World ungulate mammals that includes all recent members of the order Hyracoidea

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Procavia, type genus + -idae

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