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FAMILY PHALAROPIDAE

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Meaning:

Phalaropesplay

Synonyms:

family Phalaropidae; Phalaropidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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