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CAPRIMULGIDAE

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

1. goatsuckers

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

• CAPRIMULGIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Goatsuckers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caprimulgidae; family Caprimulgidae

Hypernyms ("Caprimulgidae" 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 "Caprimulgidae"):

caprimulgid; goatsucker; nightjar (mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects)

Caprimulgus; genus Caprimulgus (type genus of the Caprimulgidae)

Chordeiles; genus Chordeiles; genus Phalaenoptilus; Phalaenoptilus (a genus of Caprimulgidae)

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

Caprimulgiformes; order Caprimulgiformes (goatsuckers; frogmouths; oilbirds)

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