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    FAMILY STURNIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Old World starlingsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Sturnidae; Sturnidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Sturnidae" 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 Sturnidae"):

    starling (gregarious birds native to the Old World)

    genus Sturnus; Sturnus (type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings)

    Acridotheres; genus Acridotheres; genus Gracula; Gracula (mynas)

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

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

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