FAMILY AEPYORNIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Aepyornidae mean? 

• FAMILY AEPYORNIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY AEPYORNIDAE has 1 sense:

1. coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes

  Familiarity information: FAMILY AEPYORNIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY AEPYORNIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

Coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aepyornidae; family Aepyornidae

Hypernyms ("family Aepyornidae" 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 "family Aepyornidae"):

genus Aepyornis (type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds)

Holonyms ("family Aepyornidae" is a member of...):

Aepyorniformes; order Aepyorniformes (huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds)