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STURNIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sturnidae mean?
• STURNIDAE (noun)
The noun STURNIDAE has 1 sense:
1. Old World starlings
Familiarity information: STURNIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World starlings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Sturnidae; Sturnidae
Hypernyms ("Sturnidae" 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 "Sturnidae"):
starling (gregarious birds native to the Old World)
genus Sturnus; Sturnus (type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings)
Acridotheres; genus Acridotheres; genus Gracula; Gracula (mynas)
Holonyms ("Sturnidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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