family Ptilonorhynchidae

family Ptilonorhynchidae
noun
bowerbirds
Syn: ↑Ptilonorhynchidae
Hypernyms: ↑bird family
Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres

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