BUCEROTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bucerotidae mean? 

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

1. hornbills

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUCEROTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hornbills

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bucerotidae; family Bucerotidae

Hypernyms ("Bucerotidae" 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 "Bucerotidae"):

Buceros; genus Buceros (type genus of the family Bucerotidae)

hornbill (bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers)

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

Coraciiformes; order Coraciiformes (rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies)