ANHINGIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anhingidae mean? 

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

1. snakebirds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANHINGIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Snakebirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anhingidae; family Anhingidae

Hypernyms ("Anhingidae" 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 "Anhingidae"):

genus Anhinga (type genus of the Anhingidae)

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

order Pelecaniformes; Pelecaniformes (pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants)