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FAMILY CINCLIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Water ouzels

Synonyms:

Cinclidae; family Cinclidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Cinclidae" 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 Cinclidae"):

dipper; water ouzel (small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom)

Cinclus; genus Cinclus (type genus of the family Cinclidae)

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

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

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