FAMILY CAPITONIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Barbets

Synonyms:

Capitonidae; family Capitonidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Capitonidae" 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 Capitonidae"):

barbet (small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings)

Holonyms ("family Capitonidae" is a member of...):

order Piciformes; Piciformes (woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans)