CUCULIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cuculidae mean? 

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

1. includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUCULIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cuculidae; family Cuculidae

Hypernyms ("Cuculidae" 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 "Cuculidae"):

cuckoo (any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail)

Cuculus; genus Cuculus (type genus of the Cuculidae)

Coccyzus; genus Coccyzus (a genus of Cuculidae)

genus Geococcyx; Geococcyx (roadrunners)

Crotophaga; genus Crotophaga (ani)

Centropus; genus Centropus (a genus of Cuculidae)

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

Cuculiformes; order Cuculiformes (cuckoos; touracos; etc.)