SITTIDAE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Sittidae mean? • SITTIDAE (noun)
The noun SITTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. nuthatches
Familiarity information: SITTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SITTIDAE (noun)
Meaning:
Nuthatches
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Sittidae; Sittidae
Hypernyms ("Sittidae" 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 "Sittidae"):
nutcracker; nuthatch (any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects)
genus Sitta; Sitta (type genus of the Sittidae)
Holonyms ("Sittidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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