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FAMILY BUCEROTIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Hornbills

Synonyms:

Bucerotidae; family Bucerotidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Bucerotidae" 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 Bucerotidae"):

Buceros; genus Buceros (type genus of the family Bucerotidae)

hornbill (bird of tropical Africa and Asia having a very large bill surmounted by a bony protuberance; related to kingfishers)

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

Coraciiformes; order Coraciiformes (rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies)

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