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THRAUPIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tanagers

Synonyms:

family Thraupidae; Thraupidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Thraupidae" 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 "Thraupidae"):

tanager (any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males)

genus Piranga; Piranga (a genus of Thraupidae)

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

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

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