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Pipridae

noun

manakins

• Syn: ↑family Pipridae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tyranni, ↑suborder Tyranni

• Member Meronyms: ↑Pipra, ↑genus Pipra

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\\ˈpiprəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of birds (suborder Tyranni) consisting of the manakins and sometimes treated as a subfamily of the Cotingidae

• piprine \\ˈpiˌprīn, ˈpīˌp-\ adjective

• piproid \\ˈpiˌprȯid\ adjective

Useful english dictionary. 2012.