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Cuculidae

noun

includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner

• Syn: ↑family Cuculidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cuculiformes, ↑order Cuculiformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑cuckoo, ↑Cuculus, ↑genus Cuculus, ↑Coccyzus, ↑genus Coccyzus, ↑Geococcyx, ↑genus Geococcyx, ↑Crotophaga, ↑genus Crotophaga, ↑Centropus, ↑genus Centropus

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\\kəˈk(y)üləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Cuculus, type genus + -idae

: a family of birds (order Cuculiformes) that comprises the cuckoos, including the anis and roadrunners

Useful english dictionary. 2012.