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FAMILY OPISTHOCOMIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
family Opisthocomidae; Opisthocomidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Opisthocomidae" 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 Opisthocomidae"):
genus Opisthocomus; Opisthocomus (type genus of the Opisthocomidae: hoatzins)
Holonyms ("family Opisthocomidae" is a member of...):
Galliformes; order Galliformes (pheasants; turkeys; grouse; partridges; quails; chickens; brush turkeys; curassows; hoatzins)