HyperDic: family_psophiidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Psophiidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Psophiidae, Psophiidaetrumpeters
English > family Psophiidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningtrumpeters.
SynonymPsophiidae
Member ofGruiformes, order Gruiformesinland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food
MembersPsophia, genus Psophiatype genus of the Psophiidae
Broaderbird familyA family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Spanishfamilia Psophiidae, Psophiidae

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