FAMILY PSOPHIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Psophiidae mean? 

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

1. trumpeters

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PSOPHIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Trumpeters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Psophiidae; Psophiidae

Hypernyms ("family Psophiidae" 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 Psophiidae"):

genus Psophia; Psophia (type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters)

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

Gruiformes; order Gruiformes (inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards)