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Anhimidae

noun

screamers

• Syn: ↑family Anhimidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Anseriformes, ↑order Anseriformes

• Member Meronyms: ↑screamer, ↑Anhima, ↑genus Anhima, ↑Chauna, ↑genus Chauna

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\\anˈhiməˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family (coextensive with the suborder Anhimae of the order Anseriformes) of large stout-billed birds having spurred wings and more or less webbed feet and comprising the screamers of So. America

Useful english dictionary. 2012.