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FAMILY PSITTACIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Coextensive with the order Psittaciformes
Synonyms:
family Psittacidae; Psittacidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Psittacidae" 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 Psittacidae"):
genus Psittacus; Psittacus (type genus of the Psittacidae: usually restricted to the African grey)
Amazona; genus Amazona (a genus of Psittacidae)
Ara; genus Ara (macaws)
genus Nestor; Nestor; Cacatua; genus Cacatua; genus Kakatoe; Kakatoe; genus Nymphicus; Nymphicus; Agapornis; genus Agapornis (a genus of Psittacidae)
Loriinae; subfamily Loriinae (lories)
Conuropsis; genus Conuropsis; genus Melopsittacus; Melopsittacus; genus Psittacula; Psittacula (a genus of Psittacidae)
Holonyms ("family Psittacidae" is a member of...):
order Psittaciformes; Psittaciformes (an order of birds including parrots and amazons and cockatoos and lorikeets and lories and macaws and parakeets)