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    FAMILY XENICIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrensplay

    Synonyms:

    Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Xenicidae" 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 Xenicidae"):

    New Zealand wren (birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens)

    genus Xenicus; Xenicus (type genus for the Xenicidae)

    Acanthisitta; genus Acanthisitta (a genus of Xenicidae)

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

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

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