GALBULIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Galbulidae mean? 

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

1. jacamars

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GALBULIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Jacamars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Galbulidae; Galbulidae

Hypernyms ("Galbulidae" 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 "Galbulidae"):

jacamar (tropical American insectivorous bird having a long sharp bill and iridescent green or bronze plumage)

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

order Piciformes; Piciformes (woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans)