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FAMILY MOMOTIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Momotidae mean?
• FAMILY MOMOTIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY MOMOTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
Familiarity information: FAMILY MOMOTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of birds of the order Coraciiformes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Momotidae; Momotidae
Hypernyms ("family Momotidae" 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 Momotidae"):
genus Momotus; Momotus (type genus of the Momotidae)
momot; motmot (tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage)
Holonyms ("family Momotidae" is a member of...):
Coraciiformes; order Coraciiformes (rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies)
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