CORVIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Corvidae mean? 

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

1. crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORVIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Corvidae; family Corvidae

Hypernyms ("Corvidae" 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 "Corvidae"):

corvine bird (birds of the crow family)

Corvus; genus Corvus (type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens)

Garrulinae; subfamily Garrulinae (subfamily of the crow family: jays)

genus Nucifraga; Nucifraga (nutcrackers)

genus Pica; Pica (magpies)

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

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