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PANDIONIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pandionidae mean?
• PANDIONIDAE (noun)
The noun PANDIONIDAE has 1 sense:
1. ospreys
Familiarity information: PANDIONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ospreys
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Pandionidae; Pandionidae
Hypernyms ("Pandionidae" 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 "Pandionidae"):
genus Pandion; Pandion (type genus of the Pandionidae)
Holonyms ("Pandionidae" is a member of...):
Falconiformes; order Falconiformes (chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures)
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