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    FAMILY RHEIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Rheidae; Rheidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Rheidae" 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 Rheidae"):

    genus Rhea (type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches)

    genus Pterocnemia; Pterocnemia (a genus of birds of the family Rheidae)

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

    order Rheiformes; Rheiformes (a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas)

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