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SAGITTARIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sagittariidae mean?
• SAGITTARIIDAE (noun)
The noun SAGITTARIIDAE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SAGITTARIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Secretary birds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Sagittariidae; Sagittariidae
Hypernyms ("Sagittariidae" 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 "Sagittariidae"):
genus Sagittarius; Sagittarius (type genus of the Sagittariidae)
Holonyms ("Sagittariidae" is a member of...):
Falconiformes; order Falconiformes (chiefly diurnal carnivorous birds having hooked beaks and long talons with opposable hind toe: falcons; hawks; eagles; ospreys; caracaras; vultures)
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