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FAMILY OTIDIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bustards
Synonyms:
family Otididae; Otididae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Otididae" 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 Otididae"):
bustard (large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes)
genus Otis; Otis (type genus of the Otididae: European bustard)
Choriotis; genus Choriotis (Australian bustard)
Holonyms ("family Otididae" is a member of...):
Gruiformes; order Gruiformes (inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards)
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