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FAMILY MUSOPHAGIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Touracos

Synonyms:

family Musophagidae; Musophagidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Musophagidae" 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 Musophagidae"):

genus Musophaga; Musophaga (type genus of the Musophagidae)

touraco; turaco; turacou; turakoo (large brightly crested bird of Africa)

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

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

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