CASUARIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Casuaridae mean? 

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

1. a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CASUARIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Casuaridae; family Casuaridae

Hypernyms ("Casuaridae" 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 "Casuaridae"):

Casuarius; genus Casuarius (type and sole genus of the Casuaridae: cassowaries)

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

Casuariiformes; order Casuariiformes (a ratite bird order: cassowaries and emus)