CARIAMIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cariamidae mean? 

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

1. crane-like South American wading birds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARIAMIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crane-like South American wading birds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cariamidae; family Cariamidae

Hypernyms ("Cariamidae" 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 "Cariamidae"):

Cariama; genus Cariama (the type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama)

genus Chunga (a genus of Cariamidae)

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

Gruiformes; order Gruiformes (inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards)