Meleagrididae

Meleagrididae
noun
turkeys and some extinct forms
Hypernyms: ↑bird family
Member Holonyms: ↑Galliformes, ↑order Galliformes
Member Meronyms: ↑Meleagris, ↑genus Meleagris, ↑Agriocharis, ↑genus Agriocharis

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\\ˌmelēəˈgridəˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Meleagrid-, Meleagris, type genus + -idae
: a family of large No. American birds (order Galliformes) that comprise the turkeys and a few extinct related birds and are sometimes placed in a subfamily of Phasianidae

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  • Galliformes — Temporal range: Eocene Recent, 45–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

  • Agriocharis — noun a genus of birds of the family Meleagrididae including the ocellated turkey • Syn: ↑genus Agriocharis • Hypernyms: ↑bird genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Meleagrididae, ↑family Meleagrididae • Mem …   Useful english dictionary

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