FAMILY ATRICHORNITHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Atrichornithidae mean? 

• FAMILY ATRICHORNITHIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY ATRICHORNITHIDAE has 1 sense:

1. scrubbirds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ATRICHORNITHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Scrubbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atrichornithidae; family Atrichornithidae

Hypernyms ("family Atrichornithidae" 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 Atrichornithidae"):

Atrichornis; genus Atrichornis (type genus of the Atrichornithidae)

Holonyms ("family Atrichornithidae" is a member of...):

Menurae; suborder Menurae (lyrebirds and scrubbirds)