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    FAMILY HIRUNDINIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Swallows and martinsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Hirundinidae; Hirundinidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Hirundinidae" 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 Hirundinidae"):

    genus Hirundo; Hirundo (type genus of the Hirundinidae)

    genus Iridoprocne; Iridoprocne; Delichon; genus Delichon; genus Riparia; Riparia; genus Progne; Progne (a genus of Hirundinidae)

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

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

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