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FAMILY VIREONIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small insectivorous American songbirds

Synonyms:

family Vireonidae; Vireonidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Vireonidae" 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 Vireonidae"):

genus Vireo (type genus of the Vireonidae)

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

Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)

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