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FAMILY STEATORNITHIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Oilbirds

Synonyms:

family Steatornithidae; Steatornithidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Steatornithidae" 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 Steatornithidae"):

genus Steatornis; Steatornis (type and sole genus of the family Steatornithidae)

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

Caprimulgiformes; order Caprimulgiformes (goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds)

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