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Proper noun

Cracidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Galliformes – the chachalacas, guans, and curassows.

Hypernyms

• (family): Aves - class; Saurornithes - informal group; Ornithothoraces, Ornithurae - clades; Carinatae - subclass; Neornithes - infraclass; Neognathae - parvclass; Galliformes - order; Craci - suborder

Hyponyms

• (family): Cracinae, Penelopinae, Oreophasinae - subfamilies
  • Aburria, Chamaepetes, Crax, Mitu, Nothocrax, Oreophasis, Ortalis, Pauxi, Penelope, Penelopina, Pipile - genera

References

• Gill, F. and Wright, M. (2006) Birds of the World: Recommended English Names, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0691128276