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    FAMILY STRUTHIONIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Tall terrestrial birds: ostrichesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Struthionidae; Struthionidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Struthionidae" 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 Struthionidae"):

    genus Struthio; Struthio (type genus of the Struthionidae: African ostriches)

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

    order Struthioniformes; Struthioniformes (a ratite bird order: ostriches and related extinct birds; known from the Pleistocene onward)

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