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HIRUNDINIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Hirundinidae mean?
• HIRUNDINIDAE (noun)
The noun HIRUNDINIDAE has 1 sense:
1. swallows and martins
Familiarity information: HIRUNDINIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Swallows and martins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Hirundinidae; Hirundinidae
Hypernyms ("Hirundinidae" 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 "Hirundinidae"):
genus Hirundo; Hirundo (type genus of the Hirundinidae)
genus Iridoprocne; Iridoprocne; Delichon; genus Delichon; genus Riparia; Riparia; genus Progne; Progne (a genus of Hirundinidae)
Holonyms ("Hirundinidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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