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    FAMILY CERTHIIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Creepersplay

    Synonyms:

    Certhiidae; family Certhiidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Certhiidae" is a kind of...):

    bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

    Meronyms (members of "family Certhiidae"):

    creeper; tree creeper (any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet)

    Certhia; genus Certhia (type genus of the Certhiidae)

    genus Tichodroma; Tichodroma (wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae)

    Holonyms ("family Certhiidae" is a member of...):

    Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)

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