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PARADISAEIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Birds of paradise

Synonyms:

family Paradisaeidae; Paradisaeidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Paradisaeidae" 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 "Paradisaeidae"):

bird of paradise (any of numerous brilliantly colored plumed birds of the New Guinea area)

genus Ptloris; Ptloris (a genus of Paradisaeidae)

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

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

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