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FAMILY STEATORNITHIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Steatornithidae mean?
• FAMILY STEATORNITHIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY STEATORNITHIDAE has 1 sense:
1. oilbirds
Familiarity information: FAMILY STEATORNITHIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FAMILY STEATORNITHIDAE (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oilbirds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Steatornithidae; Steatornithidae
Hypernyms ("family Steatornithidae" 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 Steatornithidae"):
genus Steatornis; Steatornis (type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae)
Holonyms ("family Steatornithidae" is a member of...):
Caprimulgiformes; order Caprimulgiformes (goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds)
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