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ACANTHISITTIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Acanthisittidae mean?

• ACANTHISITTIDAE (noun)
The noun ACANTHISITTIDAE has 1 sense:

1. alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens

Familiarity information: ACANTHISITTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACANTHISITTIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Acanthisittidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae

Hypernyms ("Acanthisittidae" 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 "Acanthisittidae"):

New Zealand wren (birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens)

genus Xenicus; Xenicus (type genus for the Xenicidae)

Acanthisitta; genus Acanthisitta (a genus of Xenicidae)

Holonyms ("Acanthisittidae" is a member of...):

Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)

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