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FAMILY RHEIDAE

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Meaning:

A family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes

Synonyms:

family Rheidae; Rheidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Rheidae" 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 Rheidae"):

genus Rhea (type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches)

genus Pterocnemia; Pterocnemia (a genus of birds of the family Rheidae)

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

order Rheiformes; Rheiformes (a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas)

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