SUBFAMILY LORIINAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subfamily Loriinae mean? 

• SUBFAMILY LORIINAE (noun)
  The noun SUBFAMILY LORIINAE has 1 sense:

1. lories

  Familiarity information: SUBFAMILY LORIINAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBFAMILY LORIINAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lories

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Loriinae; subfamily Loriinae

Hypernyms ("subfamily Loriinae" 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 "subfamily Loriinae"):

lory (small brightly colored Australasian parrots having a brush-tipped tongue for feeding on nectar and soft fruits)

genus Glossopsitta; Glossopsitta; genus Trichoglossus; Trichoglossus (a genus of Loriinae)

Holonyms ("subfamily Loriinae" is a member of...):

family Psittacidae; Psittacidae (coextensive with the order Psittaciformes)