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    FAMILY CUCULIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunnerplay

    Synonyms:

    Cuculidae; family Cuculidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Cuculidae" 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 Cuculidae"):

    cuckoo (any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail)

    Cuculus; genus Cuculus (type genus of the Cuculidae)

    Coccyzus; genus Coccyzus (a genus of Cuculidae)

    genus Geococcyx; Geococcyx (roadrunners)

    Crotophaga; genus Crotophaga (ani)

    Centropus; genus Centropus (a genus of Cuculidae)

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

    Cuculiformes; order Cuculiformes (cuckoos; touracos; etc.)

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