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FAMILY RAMPHASTIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
family Ramphastidae; Ramphastidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Ramphastidae" 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 Ramphastidae"):
toucan (brilliantly colored arboreal fruit-eating bird of tropical America having a very large thin-walled beak)
Aulacorhyncus; genus Aulacorhyncus (a genus of Ramphastidae)
Holonyms ("family Ramphastidae" is a member of...):
order Piciformes; Piciformes (woodpeckers; jacamars; puffbirds; barbets; honey guides; toucans)