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RAMPHASTIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Toucans

Synonyms:

family Ramphastidae; Ramphastidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ramphastidae" 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 "Ramphastidae"):

toucan (brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak)

Aulacorhyncus; genus Aulacorhyncus (a genus of Ramphastidae)

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

order Piciformes; Piciformes (woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans)

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