RAPHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Raphidae mean? 

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

1. extinct dodos and solitaires

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAPHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct dodos and solitaires

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Raphidae; Raphidae

Hypernyms ("Raphidae" 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 "Raphidae"):

genus Raphus; Raphus (type genus of the Raphidae: dodos)

genus Pezophaps; Pezophaps (constituted by the extinct solitaire)

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

Columbiformes; order Columbiformes (sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires)