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FAMILY CAPRIMULGIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Goatsuckers
Synonyms:
Caprimulgidae; family Caprimulgidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Caprimulgidae" 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 Caprimulgidae"):
caprimulgid; goatsucker; nightjar (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)
Caprimulgus; genus Caprimulgus (type genus of the Caprimulgidae)
Chordeiles; genus Chordeiles; genus Phalaenoptilus; Phalaenoptilus (a genus of Caprimulgidae)
Holonyms ("family Caprimulgidae" is a member of...):
Caprimulgiformes; order Caprimulgiformes (goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds)
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