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CAPITONIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Capitonidae mean?
• CAPITONIDAE (noun)
The noun CAPITONIDAE has 1 sense:
1. barbets
Familiarity information: CAPITONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Barbets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Capitonidae; family Capitonidae
Hypernyms ("Capitonidae" 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 "Capitonidae"):
barbet (small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings)
Holonyms ("Capitonidae" is a member of...):
order Piciformes; Piciformes (woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans)
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