PODARGIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Podargidae mean? 

• PODARGIDAE (noun)
  The noun PODARGIDAE has 1 sense:

1. frogmouths

  Familiarity information: PODARGIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PODARGIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Frogmouths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Podargidae; Podargidae

Hypernyms ("Podargidae" 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 "Podargidae"):

genus Podargus; Podargus (type genus of the Podargidae)

frogmouth (insectivorous bird of Australia and southeastern Asia having a wide frog-like mouth)

Holonyms ("Podargidae" is a member of...):

Caprimulgiformes; order Caprimulgiformes (goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds)