FORMICARIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Formicariidae mean? 

• FORMICARIIDAE (noun)
  The noun FORMICARIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. antbirds

  Familiarity information: FORMICARIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FORMICARIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Antbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Formicariidae; Formicariidae

Hypernyms ("Formicariidae" 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 "Formicariidae"):

ant bird; antbird (any of various dull-colored South American birds that feeding on ants some following army ant swarms)

Formicarius; genus Formicarius (type genus of the Formicariidae)

genus Thamnophilus; Thamnophilus; genus Hylophylax; Hylophylax (a genus of Formicariidae)

Holonyms ("Formicariidae" is a member of...):

suborder Tyranni; Tyranni (New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers)