PSITTACIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Psittacidae mean? 

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

1. coextensive with the order Psittaciformes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSITTACIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Coextensive with the order Psittaciformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Psittacidae; Psittacidae

Hypernyms ("Psittacidae" 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 "Psittacidae"):

genus Psittacus; Psittacus (type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey)

Amazona; genus Amazona (a genus of Psittacidae)

Ara; genus Ara (macaws)

genus Nestor; Nestor; Cacatua; genus Cacatua; genus Kakatoe; Kakatoe; genus Nymphicus; Nymphicus; Agapornis; genus Agapornis (a genus of Psittacidae)

Loriinae; subfamily Loriinae (lories)

Conuropsis; genus Conuropsis; genus Melopsittacus; Melopsittacus; genus Psittacula; Psittacula (a genus of Psittacidae)

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

order Psittaciformes; Psittaciformes (an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets)