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Apodidae

noun

swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes

• Syn: ↑family Apodidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Apodiformes, ↑order Apodiformes

• Member Meronyms:

↑swift, ↑Apus, ↑genus Apus, ↑Chateura, ↑genus Chateura, ↑Collocalia, ↑genus Collocalia

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I. \\əˈpädəˌdē\

Etymology: New Latin, from Apod-, Apus (synonym of Triops), type genus + -idae — more at apus

synonym of triopidae

II. noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Apod-, Apus, type genus + -idae — more at apus

: a widely distributed family of birds (order Apodiformes) comprising the swifts and having flat skulls and all toes pointing forward but being swallowlike in appearance and behavior

Useful english dictionary. 2012.