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FAMILY PHALAROPIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
family Phalaropidae; Phalaropidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Phalaropidae" 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 Phalaropidae"):
phalarope (small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics)
genus Phalaropus; Phalaropus (type genus of the Phalaropidae: phalaropes)
genus Lobipes; Lobipes; genus Steganopus; Steganopus (a genus of Phalaropidae)
Holonyms ("family Phalaropidae" is a member of...):
Charadrii; suborder Charadrii (shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews)