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FAMILY APTERYGIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Apterygidae mean?
• FAMILY APTERYGIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY APTERYGIDAE has 1 sense:
1. coextensive with the order Apterygiformes
Familiarity information: FAMILY APTERYGIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the order Apterygiformes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Apterygidae; family Apterygidae
Hypernyms ("family Apterygidae" 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 "family Apterygidae"):
genus Apteryx (type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis)
Holonyms ("family Apterygidae" is a member of...):
Apterygiformes; order Apterygiformes (a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis)
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