FAMILY RHEIDAE
Dictionary entry overview: What does family Rheidae mean? • FAMILY RHEIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY RHEIDAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes
Familiarity information: FAMILY RHEIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• FAMILY RHEIDAE (noun)
Meaning:
A family of birds coextensive with the order Rheiformes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Rheidae; Rheidae
Hypernyms ("family Rheidae" 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 Rheidae"):
genus Rhea (type genus of the Rheidae; large tall flightless South American birds similar to but smaller than ostriches)
genus Pterocnemia; Pterocnemia (a genus of birds of the family Rheidae)
Holonyms ("family Rheidae" is a member of...):
order Rheiformes; Rheiformes (a ratite bird order: birds intermediate in characteristics between ostriches and emus: recent and extinct rheas)
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