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MUSOPHAGIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Musophagidae mean?
• MUSOPHAGIDAE (noun)
The noun MUSOPHAGIDAE has 1 sense:
1. touracos
Familiarity information: MUSOPHAGIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Touracos
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Musophagidae; Musophagidae
Hypernyms ("Musophagidae" 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 "Musophagidae"):
genus Musophaga; Musophaga (type genus of the Musophagidae)
touraco; turaco; turacou; turakoo (large brightly crested bird of Africa)
Holonyms ("Musophagidae" is a member of...):
Cuculiformes; order Cuculiformes (cuckoos; touracos; etc.)
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