OPISTHOCOMIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Opisthocomidae mean? 

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

1. comprising the hoatzins

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPISTHOCOMIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Comprising the hoatzins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Opisthocomidae; Opisthocomidae

Hypernyms ("Opisthocomidae" 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 "Opisthocomidae"):

genus Opisthocomus; Opisthocomus (type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins)

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

Galliformes; order Galliformes (pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins)