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Meleagrididae

noun

turkeys and some extinct forms

• Syn: ↑family Meleagrididae

• 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

Useful english dictionary. 2012.