noun
puffbirds
• Syn: ↑family Bucconidae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Piciformes, ↑order Piciformes
• Member Meronyms: ↑puffbird
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\(ˌ)bəˈkänəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Buccon-, Bucco, type genus (from Latin, babbler, blockhead, from bucca cheek, mouth) + -idae — more at pock
: a family of large-headed insectivorous tropical American birds (order Piciformes) having long heavy bills and comprising the puffbirds
Useful english dictionary. 2012.