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THRESKIORNITHIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ibises
Synonyms:
family Ibidiidae; family Threskiornithidae; Threskiornithidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Threskiornithidae" 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 "Threskiornithidae"):
ibis (wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills)
genus Ibis (ibises)
genus Threskiornis; Threskiornis (type genus of the Threskiornithidae)
Holonyms ("Threskiornithidae" is a member of...):
Ciconiiformes; order Ciconiiformes (order of chiefly tropical marsh-dwelling fish-eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises)
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