SITTIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sittidae mean? 

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

1. nuthatches

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SITTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Nuthatches

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Sittidae; Sittidae

Hypernyms ("Sittidae" 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 "Sittidae"):

nutcracker; nuthatch (any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects)

genus Sitta; Sitta (type genus of the Sittidae)

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

Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)