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XENICIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Xenicidae mean?
• XENICIDAE (noun)
The noun XENICIDAE has 1 sense:
1. alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
Familiarity information: XENICIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae
Hypernyms ("Xenicidae" 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 "Xenicidae"):
New Zealand wren (birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens)
genus Xenicus; Xenicus (type genus for the Xenicidae)
Acanthisitta; genus Acanthisitta (a genus of Xenicidae)
Holonyms ("Xenicidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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