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FAMILY PSOPHIIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
family Psophiidae; Psophiidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Psophiidae" 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 Psophiidae"):
genus Psophia; Psophia (type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters)
Holonyms ("family Psophiidae" 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)