STEATORNITHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Steatornithidae mean? 

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

1. oilbirds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEATORNITHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oilbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Steatornithidae; Steatornithidae

Hypernyms ("Steatornithidae" 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 "Steatornithidae"):

genus Steatornis; Steatornis (type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae)

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

Caprimulgiformes; order Caprimulgiformes (goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds)