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CERTHIIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Creepers
Synonyms:
Certhiidae; family Certhiidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Certhiidae" 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 "Certhiidae"):
creeper; tree creeper (any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet)
Certhia; genus Certhia (type genus of the Certhiidae)
genus Tichodroma; Tichodroma (wall creepers; in some classifications placed in family Sittidae)
Holonyms ("Certhiidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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