BUCCONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bucconidae mean? 

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

1. puffbirds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUCCONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Puffbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bucconidae; family Bucconidae

Hypernyms ("Bucconidae" 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 "Bucconidae"):

puffbird (brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers)

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

order Piciformes; Piciformes (woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans)