family upupidae

English Thesaurus

1. hoopoes (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus upupa, upupa,
definition	:	type genus of the Upupidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	hoopoe, hoopoo,
definition	:	any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	coraciiformes, order coraciiformes,
definition	:	rollers; kingfishers; hornbills; hoopoes; motmots; bee eaters; todies (noun.animal)