FAMILY PANDIONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Pandionidae mean? 

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

1. ospreys

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PANDIONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ospreys

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pandionidae; Pandionidae

Hypernyms ("family Pandionidae" 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 Pandionidae"):

genus Pandion; Pandion (type genus of the Pandionidae)

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

Falconiformes; order Falconiformes (chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures)