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English > 1 sense of the expression family Bucconidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Bucconidae, Bucconidaepuffbirds
English > family Bucconidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningpuffbirds.
SynonymBucconidae
Member ofPiciformes, order Piciformeswoodpeckers
Memberspuffbirdbrownish tropical American bird having a large head with fluffed out feathers
Broaderbird familyA family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings