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FAMILY DENDROCOLAPTIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Woodhewers or woodcreepers
Synonyms:
Dendrocolaptidae; family Dendrocolaptidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Dendrocolaptidae" 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 Dendrocolaptidae"):
Dendrocolaptes; genus Dendrocolaptes (type genus of the Dendrocolaptidae)
tree creeper; wood-creeper; woodcreeper; woodhewer (any of numerous South American and Central American birds with a curved bill and stiffened tail feathers that climb and feed like woodpeckers)
Holonyms ("family Dendrocolaptidae" is a member of...):
suborder Tyranni; Tyranni (New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers)
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