ANHIMIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anhimidae mean? 

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

1. screamers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANHIMIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Screamers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anhimidae; family Anhimidae

Hypernyms ("Anhimidae" 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 "Anhimidae"):

screamer (gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call)

Anhima; genus Anhima (type genus of the Anhimidae; horned screamers)

Chauna; genus Chauna (crested screamers)

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

Anseriformes; order Anseriformes (ducks; geese; swans; screamers)