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PSOPHIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Psophiidae mean?
• PSOPHIIDAE (noun)
The noun PSOPHIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. trumpeters
Familiarity information: PSOPHIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trumpeters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Psophiidae; Psophiidae
Hypernyms ("Psophiidae" 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 "Psophiidae"):
genus Psophia; Psophia (type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters)
Holonyms ("Psophiidae" is a member of...):
Gruiformes; order Gruiformes (inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards)
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