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TINAMIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tinamidae mean?
• TINAMIDAE (noun)
The noun TINAMIDAE has 1 sense:
1. comprising the tinamous
Familiarity information: TINAMIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Comprising the tinamous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Tinamidae; Tinamidae
Hypernyms ("Tinamidae" 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 "Tinamidae"):
partridge; tinamou (heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds)
Holonyms ("Tinamidae" is a member of...):
order Tinamiformes; Tinamiformes (coextensive with the family Tinamidae)
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