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FAMILY MOMOTIDAE

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Meaning:

A family of birds of the order Coraciiformes

Synonyms:

family Momotidae; Momotidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Momotidae" 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 Momotidae"):

genus Momotus; Momotus (type genus of the Momotidae)

momot; motmot (tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage)

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

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

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