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FAMILY THRAUPIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Thraupidae mean?
• FAMILY THRAUPIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY THRAUPIDAE has 1 sense:
1. tanagers
Familiarity information: FAMILY THRAUPIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tanagers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Thraupidae; Thraupidae
Hypernyms ("family Thraupidae" 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 Thraupidae"):
tanager (any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males)
genus Piranga; Piranga (a genus of Thraupidae)
Holonyms ("family Thraupidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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