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CERTHIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Certhiidae mean? 

CERTHIIDAE (noun)
  The noun CERTHIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. creepersplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CERTHIIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Creepers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Certhiidae; family Certhiidae

Hypernyms ("Certhiidae" 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 "Certhiidae"):

creeper; tree creeper (any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet)

Certhia; genus Certhia (type genus of the Certhiidae)

genus Tichodroma; Tichodroma (wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae)

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

Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)


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