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IRENIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A family of birds of the suborder Oscines

Synonyms:

family Irenidae; Irenidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Irenidae" 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 "Irenidae"):

genus Irena; Irena (type genus of the Irenidae: fairy bluebirds)

Holonyms ("Irenidae" is a member of...):

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

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