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PARADISAEIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Paradisaeidae mean?
• PARADISAEIDAE (noun)
The noun PARADISAEIDAE has 1 sense:
1. birds of paradise
Familiarity information: PARADISAEIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Birds of paradise
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Paradisaeidae; Paradisaeidae
Hypernyms ("Paradisaeidae" 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 "Paradisaeidae"):
bird of paradise (any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area)
genus Ptloris; Ptloris (a genus of Paradisaeidae)
Holonyms ("Paradisaeidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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