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FREGATIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Fregatidae mean?
• FREGATIDAE (noun)
The noun FREGATIDAE has 1 sense:
1. frigate birds
Familiarity information: FREGATIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Frigate birds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Fregatidae; Fregatidae
Hypernyms ("Fregatidae" 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 "Fregatidae"):
Fregata; genus Fregata (type genus of the Fregatidae)
Holonyms ("Fregatidae" is a member of...):
order Pelecaniformes; Pelecaniformes (pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants)
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