THRESKIORNITHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Threskiornithidae mean? 

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

1. ibises

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THRESKIORNITHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ibises

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Ibidiidae; family Threskiornithidae; Threskiornithidae

Hypernyms ("Threskiornithidae" 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 "Threskiornithidae"):

ibis (wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills)

genus Ibis (ibises)

genus Threskiornis; Threskiornis (type genus of the Threskiornithidae)

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

Ciconiiformes; order Ciconiiformes (order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises)