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FAMILY OPISTHOCOMIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Comprising the hoatzins

Synonyms:

family Opisthocomidae; Opisthocomidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Opisthocomidae" 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 Opisthocomidae"):

genus Opisthocomus; Opisthocomus (type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins)

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

Galliformes; order Galliformes (pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins)

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