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- n. a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Examples
“The great auk, now extinct, was an overgrown member of the same sea bird family that includes puffins and murrelets.”
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hypernyms (1)
Words that are more generic or abstract
- family
hyponyms (294)
Words that are more specific
- charadriidae
- family musophagidae
- family eurylaimidae
- apodidae
- family xenicidae
- trogonidae
- superfamily tyrannidae
- Parulidae
- alcidae
- hydrobatidae
- subfamily perdicinae
- struthionidae
- Garrulinae
- atrichornithidae
- vireonidae
- ardeidae
- cariamidae
- family pittidae
- malaconotinae
- family laniidae
- falconidae
- motacillidae
- family sittidae
- family steatornithidae
- family charadriidae
- raphidae
- plataleidae
- family haematopodidae
- Meleagrididae
- pandionidae
- family corvidae
- sagittariidae
- family ibidiidae
- subfamily merginae
- formicariidae
- family struthionidae
- anhimidae
- family procellariidae
- phaethontidae
- Oriolidae
- family pelecanidae
- spheniscidae
- family casuaridae
- subfamily sylviinae
- family sturnidae
- megapodiidae
- gruidae
- musophagidae
- subfamily emberizidae
- perdicidae
- prunellidae
- family meropidae
- family alcidae
- family momotidae
- family opisthocomidae
- cathartidae
- family glareolidae
- strigidae
- family ciconiidae
- family pelecanoididae
- subfamily garrulinae
- family trogonidae
- upupidae
- family aepyornidae
- family atrichornithidae
- acanthisittidae
- family tytonidae
- family certhiidae
- family falconidae
- cotingidae
- family fregatidae
- loriinae
- phoeniculidae
- casuaridae
- subfamily numidinae
- family gavidae
- galbulidae
- family anatidae
- family spheniscidae
- pteroclididae
- procellariidae
- family oriolidae
- subfamily turdinae
- Otididae
- family timaliidae
- psittacidae
- dendrocolaptidae
- family fringillidae
- family phasianidae
- glareolidae
- subfamily numididae
- laniidae
- family bucerotidae
- rheidae
- mimidae
- family upupidae
- family bombycillidae
- ramphastidae
- numidinae
- family cathartidae
- accipitridae
- paridae
- family meliphagidae
- hemiprocnidae
- alcedinidae
- family anhimidae
- sittidae
- stercorariidae
- family cinclidae
- paradisaeidae
- family phoeniculidae
- balaenicipitidae
- pelecanoididae
- family meleagrididae
- passeridae
- subfamily anserinae
- psophiidae
- family strigidae
- fregatidae
- family todidae
- family paradisaeidae
- podargidae
- steatornithidae
- family irenidae
- family formicariidae
- family motacillidae
- family apterygidae
- family parulidae
- eurylaimidae
- family tetraonidae
- irenidae
- sturnidae
- meliphagidae
- sylviinae
- Laridae
- family psittacidae
- family icteridae
- xenicidae
- coraciidae
- family capitonidae
- family ramphastidae
- columbidae
- ciconiidae
- family otididae
- family turnicidae
- family sulidae
- family passeridae
- tytonidae
- phasianidae
- phoenicopteridae
- family scolopacidae
- dacninae
- family thraupidae
- sylviidae
- Numididae
- turdinae
- turdidae
- recurvirostridae
- family dinornithidae
- family dacninae
- picidae
- subfamily loriinae
- apterygidae
- indicatoridae
- family rynchopidae
- meropidae
- capitonidae
- family furnariidae
- family mimidae
- family burhinidae
- family raphidae
- family gruidae
- diomedeidae
- family cracidae
- anhingidae
- family cotingidae
- opisthocomidae
- alaudidae
- family alcedinidae
- scolopacidae
- bucerotidae
- artamidae
- family artamidae
- haematopodidae
- family alaudidae
- troglodytidae
- timaliidae
- podicipedidae
- phalacrocoracidae
- family cariamidae
- corvidae
- family vireonidae
- family sylviidae
- family tinamidae
- family hirundinidae
- family megapodiidae
- family laridae
- family troglodytidae
- family hemiprocnidae
- family recurvirostridae
- subfamily carduelinae
- family acanthisittidae
- family stercorariidae
- family rheidae
- merginae
- family menuridae
- family columbidae
- family plataleidae
- family picidae
- family psophiidae
- Pelecanidae
- family drepanididae
- tetraonidae
- family turdidae
- threskiornithidae
- family pipridae
- coerebidae
- drepanididae
- family podargidae
- cuculidae
- rallidae
- bombycillidae
- burhinidae
- family trochilidae
- icteridae
- subfamily malaconotinae
- family hydrobatidae
- family bucconidae
- tyrannidae
- momotidae
- family indicatoridae
- family paridae
- family ptilonorhynchidae
- family pteroclididae
- Muscicapidae
- caprimulgidae
- anserinae
- family pandionidae
- family phalacrocoracidae
- tinamidae
- family muscicapidae
- hirundinidae
- family coerebidae
- family podicipedidae
- furnariidae
- certhiidae
- family rallidae
- family prunellidae
- cinclidae
- trochilidae
- family anhingidae
- subfamily sterninae
- emberizidae
- pipridae
- rynchopidae
- ptilonorhynchidae
- cracticidae
- family cracticidae
- Gavidae
- phalaropidae
- subfamily emberizinae
- family phaethontidae
- dinornithidae
- thraupidae
- fringillidae
- family coraciidae
- carduelinae
- family phalaropidae
- turnicidae
- sulidae
- family balaenicipitidae
- family caprimulgidae
- family cuculidae
- family accipitridae
- pittidae
- sterninae
- family apodidae
- bucconidae
- family diomedeidae
- family phoenicopteridae
- subfamily perdicidae
- ploceidae
- aepyornidae
- family sagittariidae
- family ardeidae
- family threskiornithidae
- cracidae
- family dendrocolaptidae
- family galbulidae
- todidae
- anatidae
- perdicinae
- family ploceidae
- Menuridae
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Words that contain this word in their definition
- chatterer
- warty-faced
- honey-guide
- aphriza
- diver
- grouse
- hummingbird
- chaparral cock
- nest-fungus
- siphonorhinian
- barbet
- carouge
- friar-bird
- jager
- scrub bird
- umbrella bird
- aber-de-vine
- accentor
- accipiter
- anhinga
- ant-thrush
- arapunga
- bullfinch
- crane
- finch
- Fregata
- goose
- grebe
- heron
- jacana
- leptoptilus
- oriole
- parrot
- plover
- puff-bird
- shrike
- spinetail
- stone-plover
- swallow-shrike
- trochilidæ
- plains wanderer
- totem
- ani
- chachalaca
- darter
- lammergeier
- aulu
- turakoo
- wren
- flatbill
- fantail
- drongo
- dotterel
- daw
- ibis
- condor
- cotinga
- courser
- curassow
- hammerkop
- hawk moth
- hornbill
- kirumbo
- lapwing
- cinclus
- cockatoo
- canary bird
- chat
- chewink
- chough
- picucule
- short-wing
- totanine
- turkey-louse
- twite
- wallydraigle
- willock
- wood-swallow
- bellbird
- brush turkey
- bunting
- meropidan
- moa
- moth-hunter
- nectar-bird
- nightjar
- nootka hummer
- nun-bird
- ornithopteridæ
- oxpecker
- piculule
- plantain-eater
- plant-cutter
- pratincole
- quail-snipe
- rhinoceros-auk
- rhinoceros-hornbill
- frigate bird
- whippoorwill
- becard
- gallinule
- alcedinid
- ant-shrike
- ant-wren
- bee bird
- bequia-sweet
- broadmouth
- bush-quail
- butcher-crow
- button quail
- cadet
- cañon-wren
- caprimulgine
- cashew-bird
- caterpillar-catcher
- chicheree
- cinnyrid
- colie
- columbid
- corncrake
- courol
- couroucou
- cuckoo-shrike
- flower-bird
- flower-pecker
- frogmouth
- galbulid
- ground-hornbill
- ground-starling
- guarauna
- hyetornis
- ibigau
- larid
- mockingbird
- bird's-foot trefoil
- bush chat
- buzzard
- cardinal bird
- caterpillar catcher
- diamond bird
- duck
- eagle
- woodcock
- carina
- phasianid
- new world blackbird
- snipe
- blackbird
- merulidan
- minivet
- Mygale
- partridge
- plant cutter
- puff bird
- redwing
- spider fly
- tyrant
- water thrush
- aiaia
- albatross
- amadavat
- anthochæra
- atrichia
- auk
- avoset
- badoch
- bank swallow
- bentivi
- bittern
- bobolink
- brambling
- broadbill
- bulbul
- bush shrike
- bush tit
- bustard
- butcher bird
- canary-bird
- cardinal-bird
- casarca
- cassowary
- chaparral-cock
- charadrioid
- cirl-bunting
- cliff-swallow
- coot
- cormorant
- cowbird
- crow-blackbird
- cuckoo
- curruca
- dabchick
- dipper
- dodo
- dove
- dovekie
- fallow-finch
- finfoot
- flamingo
- forktail
- forsake
- fulmar
- gannet
- goatsucker
- goldfinch
- goniodes
- grackle
- greenlet
- grosbeak
- guacharo
- guan
- guitguit
- gull
- gypogeranus
- harrier
- hawk
- hippoboscidæ
- honey-buzzard
- honeycreeper
- hoopoe
- irrisor
- jacamar
- jackdaw
- kagu
- kingbird
- king-crow
- kingfisher
- king-vulture
- kite
- knot
- lark
- lark-finch
- laughing-thrush
- liotheidæ
- loggerhead
- lyre-bird
- macroglossa
- magpie
- mallee-bird
- manacus
- meadowlark
- merganser
- mitu
- motmot
- moundbird
- murrelet
- mutton-bird
- nightingale
- nutcracker
- nuthatch
- orchard-oriole
- ortolan
- osprey
- ovenbird
- owl
- oxbird
- oystercatcher
- pelican
- petrel
- phalarope
- pheasant
- pheasant-tailed
- pigeon
- pine-warbler
- prairie-hen
- prairie-warbler
- ptarmigan
- puffin
- redshank
- riflebird
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