Ploceidae

Ploceidae
noun
weaverbirds
• Syn: ↑family Ploceidae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres
• Member Meronyms:

* * *

\\plōˈsēəˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Ploceus, type genus + -idae
: a large family of Old World passerine birds that are predominantly African, somewhat resemble finches, and comprise the weaverbirds — see ploceus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ploceidae — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda ? Tejedores Ploceus pelzelni, tejedor de pico fino …   Wikipedia Español

  • Ploceīdae — (Webervögel), eine Familie der Sperlingsvögel …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Ploceidae —   [griechisch], die Webervögel …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Ploceidae — Plocéidés …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Ploceidae — Taxobox name = Weaver image width = 240px image caption = Slender billed Weaver, Ploceus pelzelni regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes subordo = Passeri familia = Ploceidae familia authority = Sundevall, 1836… …   Wikipedia

  • Ploceidae — Webervögel Dorfweber (Ploceus cucullatus) Systematik Klasse: Vögel (Aves) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Ploceidae — audėjiniai statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Ploceidae angl. weavers vok. Eigentliche Weber; Webervögel rus. ткачиковые pranc. plocéidés ryšiai: platesnis terminas – tikrieji giesmininkai siauresnis terminas – aksominiai… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • Ploceidae — …   Википедия

  • Ploceidae — ▪ bird family       songbird family, order Passeriformes, including the bishop, weaver, and whydah groups and Old World sparrows. The 135 to 155 species are native chiefly to Africa but several have been introduced elsewhere. Ploceids are small,… …   Universalium

  • ploceidae — plo·ce·idae …   English syllables

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”