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FAMILY BALAENICIPITIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shoebills
Synonyms:
Balaenicipitidae; family Balaenicipitidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Balaenicipitidae" 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 Balaenicipitidae"):
Balaeniceps; genus Balaeniceps (type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills)
Holonyms ("family Balaenicipitidae" is a member of...):
Ciconiiformes; order Ciconiiformes (order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises)
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