- family Balaenicipitidae
- nounshoebills• Syn: ↑Balaenicipitidae• Hypernyms: ↑bird family• Member Holonyms: ↑Ciconiiformes, ↑order Ciconiiformes• Member Meronyms: ↑Balaeniceps, ↑genus Balaeniceps
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family Balaenicipitidae
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Balaenicipitidae — n. a family comprising the shoebills. Syn: family Balaenicipitidae. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Balaenicipitidae — noun shoebills • Syn: ↑family Balaenicipitidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Ciconiiformes, ↑order Ciconiiformes • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bird family — noun a family of warm blooded egg laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Struthionidae, ↑family Struthionidae, ↑Casuaridae, ↑family Casuaridae, ↑Apterygidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ciconiiform — ▪ bird Introduction any member of the five or six families of storklike (stork) birds (bird): herons (heron) and bitterns (bittern) (Ardeidae), the shoebill (sole species of the Balaenicipitidae), the hammerhead (sole species of the Scopidae) … Universalium
Ciconiiformes — noun order of chiefly tropical marsh dwelling fish eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises • Syn: ↑order Ciconiiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order •… … Useful english dictionary
order Ciconiiformes — noun order of chiefly tropical marsh dwelling fish eating wading birds with long legs and bills and (except for flamingos) unwebbed feet: herons; storks; spoonbills; flamingos; ibises • Syn: ↑Ciconiiformes • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member… … Useful english dictionary
Balaeniceps — noun type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills • Syn: ↑genus Balaeniceps • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Balaenicipitidae, ↑family Balaenicipitidae • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
genus Balaeniceps — noun type genus of the Balaenicipitidae: shoebills • Syn: ↑Balaeniceps • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Balaenicipitidae, ↑family Balaenicipitidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
List of African birds — This list of African birds is a listing of all the bird species known from the continent of Africa. TOCrightNotesThere are over 45 billion different species of birds in Africa.The taxonomy of this list adheres to James Clitorus Birds of the World … Wikipedia
List of families — This is a list of families used in scientific classification.=Kingdom Animalia=Phylum ChordataClass AvesOrder Accipitriformes* Family Accipitridae: hawks, eagles, buzzards, Old World vultures, and allies * Family Cathartidae: New World vultures * … Wikipedia
