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FAMILY VIREONIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Vireonidae mean?
• FAMILY VIREONIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY VIREONIDAE has 1 sense:
1. small insectivorous American songbirds
Familiarity information: FAMILY VIREONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small insectivorous American songbirds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Vireonidae; Vireonidae
Hypernyms ("family Vireonidae" 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 Vireonidae"):
genus Vireo (type genus of the Vireonidae)
Holonyms ("family Vireonidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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