apodidae

English Thesaurus

1. swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	swift,
definition	:	a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	apus, genus apus,
definition	:	type genus (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	chateura, genus chateura,
definition	:	a genus of Apodidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	collocalia, genus collocalia,
definition	:	a genus of Apodidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	apodiformes, order apodiformes,
definition	:	swifts; hummingbirds (noun.animal)