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STURNIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Old World starlings

Synonyms:

family Sturnidae; Sturnidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Sturnidae" 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 "Sturnidae"):

starling (gregarious birds native to the Old World)

genus Sturnus; Sturnus (type genus of the Sturnidae: common starlings)

Acridotheres; genus Acridotheres; genus Gracula; Gracula (mynas)

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

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

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