momotidae

English Thesaurus

1. a family of birds of the order Coraciiformes (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 momotus, momotus,
definition	:	type genus of the Momotidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	momot, motmot,
definition	:	tropical American bird resembling a blue jay and having greenish and bluish plumage (noun.animal)

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