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Paradisaeidae

noun

birds of paradise

• Syn: ↑family Paradisaeidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres

• Member Meronyms: ↑bird of paradise, ↑Ptloris, ↑genus Ptloris

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌdīˈsēəˌdē, -ˈzē-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of passerine birds comprising the birds of paradise and often also the bowerbirds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.