AEGYPIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Aegypiidae mean? 

• AEGYPIIDAE (noun)
  The noun AEGYPIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae

  Familiarity information: AEGYPIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AEGYPIIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

In some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aegypiidae; family Aegypiidae

Hypernyms ("Aegypiidae" is a kind of...):

vulture (any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion)