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FAMILY ORIOLIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Oriolidae mean?

• FAMILY ORIOLIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY ORIOLIDAE has 1 sense:

1. Old World orioles

Familiarity information: FAMILY ORIOLIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY ORIOLIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

family Oriolidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Old World orioles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Oriolidae; Oriolidae

Hypernyms ("family Oriolidae" 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 "family Oriolidae"):

Old World oriole; oriole (mostly tropical songbird; the male is usually bright orange and black)

genus Oriolus; Oriolus (type genus of the Oriolidae)

genus Sphecotheres; Sphecotheres (a genus of Old World orioles)

Holonyms ("family Oriolidae" is a member of...):

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

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