TROCHILIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Trochilidae mean? 

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

1. hummingbirds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TROCHILIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hummingbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Trochilidae; Trochilidae

Hypernyms ("Trochilidae" 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 "Trochilidae"):

hummingbird (tiny American bird having brilliant iridescent plumage and long slender bills; wings are specialized for vibrating flight)

Archilochus; genus Archilochus (a genus of Trochilidae)

Chalcostigma; genus Chalcostigma; genus Ramphomicron; Ramphomicron (thornbills)

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

Apodiformes; order Apodiformes (swifts; hummingbirds)