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FAMILY HEMIPROCNIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tree swifts

Synonyms:

family Hemiprocnidae; Hemiprocnidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Hemiprocnidae" 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 Hemiprocnidae"):

crested swift; tree swift (birds of southeast Asia and East Indies differing from true swifts in having upright crests and nesting in trees)

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

Apodiformes; order Apodiformes (swifts; hummingbirds)

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