CINCLIDAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cinclidae mean? 

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

1. water ouzels

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CINCLIDAE (noun)

Meaning:

Water ouzels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cinclidae; family Cinclidae

Hypernyms ("Cinclidae" 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 "Cinclidae"):

dipper; water ouzel (small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom)

Cinclus; genus Cinclus (type genus of the family Cinclidae)

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

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