VIREONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Vireonidae mean? 

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

1. small insectivorous American songbirds

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• VIREONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small insectivorous American songbirds

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Vireonidae; Vireonidae

Hypernyms ("Vireonidae" 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 "Vireonidae"):

genus Vireo (type genus of the Vireonidae)

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

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