THRAUPIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Thraupidae mean? 

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

1. tanagers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• THRAUPIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tanagers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Thraupidae; Thraupidae

Hypernyms ("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 "Thraupidae"):

tanager (any of numerous New World woodland birds having brightly colored males)

genus Piranga; Piranga (a genus of Thraupidae)

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

Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)