APTERYGIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Coextensive with the order Apterygiformes

Synonyms:

Apterygidae; family Apterygidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Apterygidae" 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 "Apterygidae"):

genus Apteryx (type genus of the Apterygidae: kiwis)

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

Apterygiformes; order Apterygiformes (a ratite bird order: flightless ground birds having vestigial wings and long bills and small eyes: kiwis)