bird family
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1. a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | family struthionidae, struthionidae, |
| definition | : | tall terrestrial birds: ostriches (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | casuaridae, family casuaridae, |
| definition | : | a family of large ostrich-like birds including cassowaries (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | apterygidae, family apterygidae, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the order Apterygiformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family rheidae, rheidae, |
| definition | : | a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aepyornidae, family aepyornidae, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the order Aepyorniformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dinornithidae, family dinornithidae, |
| definition | : | moas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family meliphagidae, meliphagidae, |
| definition | : | honey eaters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family prunellidae, prunellidae, |
| definition | : | hedge sparrow (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | alaudidae, family alaudidae, |
| definition | : | larks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family motacillidae, motacillidae, |
| definition | : | pipits and wagtails (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family fringillidae, fringillidae, |
| definition | : | finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | carduelinae, subfamily carduelinae, |
| definition | : | used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | emberizidae, subfamily emberizidae, subfamily emberizinae, |
| definition | : | buntings and some New World sparrows (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | coerebidae, dacninae, family coerebidae, family dacninae, |
| definition | : | the honeycreepers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family passeridae, passeridae, |
| definition | : | true sparrows: Old world birds formerly considered weaverbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ploceidae, ploceidae, |
| definition | : | weaverbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | drepanididae, family drepanididae, |
| definition | : | Hawaiian honeycreepers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family menuridae, menuridae, |
| definition | : | lyrebirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | atrichornithidae, family atrichornithidae, |
| definition | : | scrubbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | eurylaimidae, family eurylaimidae, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the suborder Eurylaimi (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | superfamily tyrannidae, tyrannidae, |
| definition | : | New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cotingidae, family cotingidae, |
| definition | : | cotingas; umbrella birds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pipridae, pipridae, |
| definition | : | manakins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family furnariidae, furnariidae, |
| definition | : | e.g. ovenbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family formicariidae, formicariidae, |
| definition | : | antbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dendrocolaptidae, family dendrocolaptidae, |
| definition | : | woodhewers or woodcreepers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pittidae, pittidae, |
| definition | : | pittas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family muscicapidae, muscicapidae, |
| definition | : | Old World (true) flycatchers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family turdidae, turdidae, |
| definition | : | thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | subfamily turdinae, turdinae, |
| definition | : | alternative classification for the thrushes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sylviidae, sylviidae, |
| definition | : | in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | subfamily sylviinae, sylviinae, |
| definition | : | alternative classification for the Old World warblers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family timaliidae, timaliidae, |
| definition | : | babblers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family parulidae, parulidae, |
| definition | : | New World warblers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family paradisaeidae, paradisaeidae, |
| definition | : | birds of paradise (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family icteridae, icteridae, |
| definition | : | American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family oriolidae, oriolidae, |
| definition | : | Old World orioles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sturnidae, sturnidae, |
| definition | : | Old World starlings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | corvidae, family corvidae, |
| definition | : | crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | garrulinae, subfamily garrulinae, |
| definition | : | subfamily of the crow family: jays (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cracticidae, family cracticidae, |
| definition | : | Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family troglodytidae, troglodytidae, |
| definition | : | wrens (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family mimidae, mimidae, |
| definition | : | sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | acanthisittidae, family acanthisittidae, family xenicidae, xenicidae, |
| definition | : | alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | certhiidae, family certhiidae, |
| definition | : | creepers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sittidae, sittidae, |
| definition | : | nuthatches (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family paridae, paridae, |
| definition | : | titmice and chickadees (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family irenidae, irenidae, |
| definition | : | a family of birds of the suborder Oscines (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family hirundinidae, hirundinidae, |
| definition | : | swallows and martins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | artamidae, family artamidae, |
| definition | : | wood swallows (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family thraupidae, thraupidae, |
| definition | : | tanagers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family laniidae, laniidae, |
| definition | : | shrikes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | malaconotinae, subfamily malaconotinae, |
| definition | : | an African bush shrikes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ptilonorhynchidae, ptilonorhynchidae, |
| definition | : | bowerbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cinclidae, family cinclidae, |
| definition | : | water ouzels (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family vireonidae, vireonidae, |
| definition | : | small insectivorous American songbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bombycillidae, family bombycillidae, |
| definition | : | a family of birds of the suborder Oscines (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | accipitridae, family accipitridae, |
| definition | : | hawks; Old World vultures; kites; harriers; eagles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | falconidae, family falconidae, |
| definition | : | a family of birds of the order Falconiformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pandionidae, pandionidae, |
| definition | : | ospreys (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sagittariidae, sagittariidae, |
| definition | : | secretary birds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cathartidae, family cathartidae, |
| definition | : | condors; turkey buzzards; king vultures (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family strigidae, strigidae, |
| definition | : | a family of nocturnal birds of the order Strigiformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tytonidae, tytonidae, |
| definition | : | comprising only the barn owls (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family meleagrididae, meleagrididae, |
| definition | : | turkeys and some extinct forms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tetraonidae, tetraonidae, |
| definition | : | grouse (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cracidae, family cracidae, |
| definition | : | curassows; guans; chachalacas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family megapodiidae, megapodiidae, |
| definition | : | megapodes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family phasianidae, phasianidae, |
| definition | : | pheasants; quails; partridges (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | perdicidae, perdicinae, subfamily perdicidae, subfamily perdicinae, |
| definition | : | Old World partridges (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | numididae, numidinae, subfamily numididae, subfamily numidinae, |
| definition | : | guinea fowl and related birds of Africa and Madagascar (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family opisthocomidae, opisthocomidae, |
| definition | : | comprising the hoatzins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tinamidae, tinamidae, |
| definition | : | comprising the tinamous (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family raphidae, raphidae, |
| definition | : | extinct dodos and solitaires (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | columbidae, family columbidae, |
| definition | : | doves and pigeons (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pteroclididae, pteroclididae, |
| definition | : | sandgrouses (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family psittacidae, psittacidae, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the order Psittaciformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | loriinae, subfamily loriinae, |
| definition | : | lories (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cuculidae, family cuculidae, |
| definition | : | includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family musophagidae, musophagidae, |
| definition | : | touracos (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | coraciidae, family coraciidae, |
| definition | : | rollers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | alcedinidae, family alcedinidae, |
| definition | : | kingfishers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family meropidae, meropidae, |
| definition | : | bee-eaters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bucerotidae, family bucerotidae, |
| definition | : | hornbills (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family upupidae, upupidae, |
| definition | : | hoopoes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family phoeniculidae, phoeniculidae, |
| definition | : | wood hoopoes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family momotidae, momotidae, |
| definition | : | a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family todidae, todidae, |
| definition | : | a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | apodidae, family apodidae, |
| definition | : | swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family hemiprocnidae, hemiprocnidae, |
| definition | : | tree swifts (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family trochilidae, trochilidae, |
| definition | : | hummingbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | caprimulgidae, family caprimulgidae, |
| definition | : | goatsuckers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family podargidae, podargidae, |
| definition | : | frogmouths (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family steatornithidae, steatornithidae, |
| definition | : | oilbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family picidae, picidae, |
| definition | : | woodpeckers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | capitonidae, family capitonidae, |
| definition | : | barbets (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bucconidae, family bucconidae, |
| definition | : | puffbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family indicatoridae, indicatoridae, |
| definition | : | honey guides (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family galbulidae, galbulidae, |
| definition | : | jacamars (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ramphastidae, ramphastidae, |
| definition | : | toucans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family trogonidae, trogonidae, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the order Trogoniformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anatidae, family anatidae, |
| definition | : | swimming birds having heavy short-legged bodies and bills with a horny tip: swans; geese; ducks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | merginae, subfamily merginae, |
| definition | : | mergansers and closely related diving birds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anserinae, subfamily anserinae, |
| definition | : | used in some classifications for the swans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anhimidae, family anhimidae, |
| definition | : | screamers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ciconiidae, family ciconiidae, |
| definition | : | storks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | balaenicipitidae, family balaenicipitidae, |
| definition | : | shoebills (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ibidiidae, family threskiornithidae, threskiornithidae, |
| definition | : | ibises (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family plataleidae, plataleidae, |
| definition | : | spoonbills (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family phoenicopteridae, phoenicopteridae, |
| definition | : | flamingos (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ardeidae, family ardeidae, |
| definition | : | herons; egrets; night herons; bitterns (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gruidae, gruidae, |
| definition | : | cranes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cariamidae, family cariamidae, |
| definition | : | crane-like South American wading birds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family rallidae, rallidae, |
| definition | : | rails; crakes; gallinules; coots (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family otididae, otididae, |
| definition | : | bustards (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family turnicidae, turnicidae, |
| definition | : | small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family psophiidae, psophiidae, |
| definition | : | trumpeters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | charadriidae, family charadriidae, |
| definition | : | plover family (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family scolopacidae, scolopacidae, |
| definition | : | sandpiper family: sandpipers; woodcocks; snipes; tattlers; curlews; godwits; dowitchers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family recurvirostridae, recurvirostridae, |
| definition | : | long-legged shorebirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family haematopodidae, haematopodidae, |
| definition | : | oystercatchers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family phalaropidae, phalaropidae, |
| definition | : | phalaropes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family glareolidae, glareolidae, |
| definition | : | Old World shorebirds: pratincoles and coursers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | burhinidae, family burhinidae, |
| definition | : | large wading birds resembling the plovers: stone curlews (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family laridae, laridae, |
| definition | : | gull family: gulls and terns (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sterninae, subfamily sterninae, |
| definition | : | terns (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family rynchopidae, rynchopidae, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the genus Rynchops: skimmers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family stercorariidae, stercorariidae, |
| definition | : | jaegers and skuas: (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | alcidae, family alcidae, |
| definition | : | web-footed diving seabirds of northern seas: auks; puffins; guillemots; murres; etc. (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gavidae, gavidae, |
| definition | : | loon family (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family podicipedidae, podicipedidae, |
| definition | : | coextensive with the order Podicipitiformes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pelecanidae, pelecanidae, |
| definition | : | pelicans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family fregatidae, fregatidae, |
| definition | : | frigate birds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sulidae, sulidae, |
| definition | : | gannets and boobies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family phalacrocoracidae, phalacrocoracidae, |
| definition | : | cormorants (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anhingidae, family anhingidae, |
| definition | : | snakebirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family phaethontidae, phaethontidae, |
| definition | : | tropicbirds (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family spheniscidae, spheniscidae, |
| definition | : | comprising all existing penguins (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | diomedeidae, family diomedeidae, |
| definition | : | albatrosses (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family procellariidae, procellariidae, |
| definition | : | petrels; fulmars; shearwaters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family hydrobatidae, hydrobatidae, |
| definition | : | storm petrels (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pelecanoididae, pelecanoididae, |
| definition | : | diving petrels (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata, |
| definition | : | fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals (noun.animal) |
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