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Meropidae

noun

bee-eaters

• Syn: ↑family Meropidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Coraciiformes, ↑order Coraciiformes

• Member Meronyms: ↑Merops, ↑genus Merops, ↑bee eater

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\\ ̷ ̷ˈräpəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Merop-, Merops, type genus + -idae

: a family of chiefly tropical usually brightly colored gregarious birds that nest in holes in the ground and constitute a distinct suborder of Coraciiformes — see bee-eater, merops

Useful english dictionary. 2012.