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CORVIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay
Synonyms:
Corvidae; family Corvidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Corvidae" 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 "Corvidae"):
corvine bird (birds of the crow family)
Corvus; genus Corvus (type genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens)
Garrulinae; subfamily Garrulinae (subfamily of the crow family: jays)
genus Nucifraga; Nucifraga (nutcrackers)
genus Pica; Pica (magpies)
Holonyms ("Corvidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)