FAMILY PHAETHONTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Phaethontidae mean? 

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

1. tropicbirds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PHAETHONTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropicbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Phaethontidae; Phaethontidae

Hypernyms ("family Phaethontidae" 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 Phaethontidae"):

genus Phaethon; Phaethon (type genus of the Phaethontidae)

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

order Pelecaniformes; Pelecaniformes (pelicans; frigate birds; gannets; cormorants)