APTERYGIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Apterygidae mean? 

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

1. coextensive with the order Apterygiformes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• APTERYGIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the order Apterygiformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Apterygidae; family Apterygidae

Hypernyms ("Apterygidae" 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 "Apterygidae"):

genus Apteryx (type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis)

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

Apterygiformes; order Apterygiformes (a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis)