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TINAMIDAE

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Comprising the tinamous

Synonyms:

family Tinamidae; Tinamidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Tinamidae" 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 "Tinamidae"):

partridge; tinamou (heavy-bodied small-winged South American game bird resembling a gallinaceous bird but related to the ratite birds)

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

order Tinamiformes; Tinamiformes (coextensive with the family Tinamidae)

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