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DREPANIDIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Drepanididae mean?
• DREPANIDIDAE (noun)
The noun DREPANIDIDAE has 1 sense:
1. Hawaiian honeycreepers
Familiarity information: DREPANIDIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Hawaiian honeycreepers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Drepanididae; family Drepanididae
Hypernyms ("Drepanididae" 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 "Drepanididae"):
Hawaiian honeycreeper; honeycreeper (small to medium-sized finches of the Hawaiian islands)
Drepanis; genus Drepanis (a genus of Drepanididae)
Holonyms ("Drepanididae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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