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PIPRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pipridae mean?
• PIPRIDAE (noun)
The noun PIPRIDAE has 1 sense:
1. manakins
Familiarity information: PIPRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Manakins
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Pipridae; Pipridae
Hypernyms ("Pipridae" 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 "Pipridae"):
genus Pipra; Pipra (type genus of the Pipridae containing the typical manakins)
Holonyms ("Pipridae" is a member of...):
suborder Tyranni; Tyranni (New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers)
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