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HEMIPROCNIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hemiprocnidae mean?
• HEMIPROCNIDAE (noun)
The noun HEMIPROCNIDAE has 1 sense:
1. tree swifts
Familiarity information: HEMIPROCNIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tree swifts
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Hemiprocnidae; Hemiprocnidae
Hypernyms ("Hemiprocnidae" 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 "Hemiprocnidae"):
crested swift; tree swift (birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees)
Holonyms ("Hemiprocnidae" is a member of...):
Apodiformes; order Apodiformes (swifts; hummingbirds)
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