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FAMILY BUCCONIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Puffbirds

Synonyms:

Bucconidae; family Bucconidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Bucconidae" 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 "family Bucconidae"):

puffbird (brownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers)

Holonyms ("family Bucconidae" is a member of...):

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

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