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MELIPHAGIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Honey eaters

Synonyms:

family Meliphagidae; Meliphagidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Meliphagidae" 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 "Meliphagidae"):

honey eater; honeysucker (Australasian bird with tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar)

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

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

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