meropidae

English Thesaurus

1. bee-eaters (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	:	genus merops, merops,
definition	:	type genus of the Meropidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	bee eater,
definition	:	colorful chiefly tropical Old World bird having a strong graceful flight; feeds on especially bees (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	coraciiformes, order coraciiformes,
definition	:	rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies (noun.animal)