AEGYPIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

In some classifications considered the family comprising the Old World vultures which are more often included in the family Accipitridae

Synonyms:

Aegypiidae; family Aegypiidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Aegypiidae" is a kind of...):

vulture (any of various large diurnal birds of prey having naked heads and weak claws and feeding chiefly on carrion)

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