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CAPITONIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Barbets

Synonyms:

Capitonidae; family Capitonidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Capitonidae" 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 "Capitonidae"):

barbet (small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings)

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

order Piciformes; Piciformes (woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans)

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