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MELIPHAGIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Meliphagidae mean?
• MELIPHAGIDAE (noun)
The noun MELIPHAGIDAE has 1 sense:
1. honey eaters
Familiarity information: MELIPHAGIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Honey eaters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Meliphagidae; Meliphagidae
Hypernyms ("Meliphagidae" 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 "Meliphagidae"):
honey eater; honeysucker (Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar)
Holonyms ("Meliphagidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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