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FAMILY CUCULIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner

Synonyms:

Cuculidae; family Cuculidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Cuculidae" 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 Cuculidae"):

cuckoo (any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail)

Cuculus; genus Cuculus (type genus of the Cuculidae)

Coccyzus; genus Coccyzus (a genus of Cuculidae)

genus Geococcyx; Geococcyx (roadrunners)

Crotophaga; genus Crotophaga (ani)

Centropus; genus Centropus (a genus of Cuculidae)

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

Cuculiformes; order Cuculiformes (cuckoos; touracos; etc.)

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