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PARULIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Parulidae mean?
• PARULIDAE (noun)
The noun PARULIDAE has 1 sense:
1. New World warblers
Familiarity information: PARULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
New World warblers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Parulidae; Parulidae
Hypernyms ("Parulidae" 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 "Parulidae"):
New World warbler; wood warbler (small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song)
genus Parula; Parula (type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers)
genus Setophaga; Setophaga; Dendroica; genus Dendroica (a genus of Parulidae)
genus Icteria; Icteria (New World chats)
genus Seiurus; Seiurus (ovenbirds and water thrushes)
genus Geothlypis; Geothlypis (yellowthroats)
Holonyms ("Parulidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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