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PARULIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

New World warblers

Synonyms:

family Parulidae; Parulidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Parulidae" 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 "Parulidae"):

New World warbler; wood warbler (small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song)

genus Parula; Parula (type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers)

genus Setophaga; Setophaga; Dendroica; genus Dendroica (a genus of Parulidae)

genus Icteria; Icteria (New World chats)

genus Seiurus; Seiurus (ovenbirds and water thrushes)

genus Geothlypis; Geothlypis (yellowthroats)

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

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

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