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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 Accipitridae
Familiarity information: FAMILY AEGYPIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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