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FAMILY AEGYPIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Aegypiidae mean? 

FAMILY AEGYPIIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY AEGYPIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridaeplay

  Familiarity information: FAMILY AEGYPIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY AEGYPIIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

In some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aegypiidae; family Aegypiidae

Hypernyms ("family Aegypiidae" is a kind of...):

vulture (any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion)


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