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PHOENICULIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wood hoopoes

Synonyms:

family Phoeniculidae; Phoeniculidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Phoeniculidae" 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 "Phoeniculidae"):

genus Phoeniculus; Phoeniculus (type and only genus of the family Phoeniculidae)

Holonyms ("Phoeniculidae" is a member of...):

Coraciiformes; order Coraciiformes (rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies)

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