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RAPHIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Extinct dodos and solitaires

Synonyms:

family Raphidae; Raphidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Raphidae" 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 "Raphidae"):

genus Raphus; Raphus (type genus of the Raphidae: dodos)

genus Pezophaps; Pezophaps (constituted by the extinct solitaire)

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

Columbiformes; order Columbiformes (sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires)

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