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FAMILY AEPYORNIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes
Synonyms:
Aepyornidae; family Aepyornidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Aepyornidae" 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 "family Aepyornidae"):
genus Aepyornis (type genus of the Aepyornidae: elephant birds)
Holonyms ("family Aepyornidae" is a member of...):
Aepyorniformes; order Aepyorniformes (huge extinct flightless birds: elephant birds)
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