upupidae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Upupidae*:
NOUN	animal	Upupidae, family Upupidae	hoopoes

English > *Upupidae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	hoopoes.
Synonym	family Upupidae
Member of	Coraciiformes, order Coraciiformes	rollers
Members	Upupa, genus Upupa	type genus of the Upupidae
Members	hoopoe, hoopoo	Any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill
Broader	bird family	A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
Spanish	familia Upupidae, Upupidae, upúpidos
Catalan	upúpids

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