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ATRICHORNITHIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Atrichornithidae mean?
• ATRICHORNITHIDAE (noun)
The noun ATRICHORNITHIDAE has 1 sense:
1. scrubbirds
Familiarity information: ATRICHORNITHIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Scrubbirds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Atrichornithidae; family Atrichornithidae
Hypernyms ("Atrichornithidae" 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 "Atrichornithidae"):
Atrichornis; genus Atrichornis (type genus of the Atrichornithidae)
Holonyms ("Atrichornithidae" is a member of...):
Menurae; suborder Menurae (lyrebirds and scrubbirds)
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