FAMILY MUSOPHAGIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Musophagidae mean? 

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

1. touracos

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY MUSOPHAGIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Touracos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Musophagidae; Musophagidae

Hypernyms ("family Musophagidae" 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 Musophagidae"):

genus Musophaga; Musophaga (type genus of the Musophagidae)

touraco; turaco; turacou; turakoo (large brightly crested bird of Africa)

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

Cuculiformes; order Cuculiformes (cuckoos; touracos; etc.)