Definition of Hydromyinae

1. Noun. Water rats of Australia and New Guinea.

Exact synonyms: Subfamily Hydromyinae
Generic synonyms: Mammal Family
Group relationships: Family Muridae, Muridae
Member holonyms: Genus Hydromys, Hydromys

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydromyinae

Hydrobates pelagicus
Hydrobatidae
Hydrocharidaceae
Hydrocharis
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
Hydrocharitaceae
Hydrochoeridae
Hydrochoerus
Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
Hydrocortone
Hydrodamalis
Hydrodamalis gigas
Hydromantes
Hydromantes brunus
Hydromantes shastae
Hydromyinae
Hydromys
Hydrophyidae
Hydrophyllaceae
Hydrophyllum
Hydrophyllum virginianum
Hydrus
Hyemoschus
Hyemoschus aquaticus
Hygeian
Hygiea
Hygrocybe
Hygrocybe acutoconica
Hygrophoraceae
Hygrophorus

Literary usage of Hydromyinae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1902)
"hydromyinae.—The genus Hydromys} of which tliere are several species, the best known being H. chrysogaster, is an exclusively Australian form, ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The last representatives of the Muridae arc confined to Australasia ana the Philippines, and constitute the sub-family hydromyinae, characterized by the ..."

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