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APODIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does Apodidae mean?

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

1. swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes

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

Dictionary entry details

• APODIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Apodidae; family Apodidae

Hypernyms ("Apodidae" 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 "Apodidae"):

swift (a small bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight)

Apus; genus Apus (type genus)

Chateura; genus Chateura; Collocalia; genus Collocalia (a genus of Apodidae)

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

Apodiformes; order Apodiformes (swifts; hummingbirds)

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