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CORACIIFORM BIRD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coraciiform bird" is a kind of...):
bird (warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "coraciiform bird"):
roller (Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers)
kingfisher (nonpasserine large-headed bird with a short tail and long sharp bill; usually crested and bright-colored; feed mostly on fish)
bee eater (colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees)
hornbill (bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers)
hoopoe; hoopoo (any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill)
wood hoopoe (tropical African bird having metallic blackish plumage but no crest)
momot; motmot (tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage)
tody (tiny insectivorous West Indian bird having red-and-green plumage and a long straight bill)
Holonyms ("coraciiform bird" is a member of...):
Coraciiformes; order Coraciiformes (rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies)
