family Chelonidae
1: green turtles; hawksbills [syn: {Cheloniidae}, {family Cheloniidae}, {Chelonidae}]
family Cheloniidae
1: green turtles; hawksbills [syn: {Cheloniidae}, {Chelonidae}, {family Chelonidae}]
family Chermidae
1: jumping plant lice [syn: {Psyllidae}, {family Psyllidae}, {Chermidae}]
family Chlorophthalmidae
1: small family of soft-finned bottom-livers with large eyes; relatives of lizardfishes [syn: {Chlorophthalmidae}]
family Cimicidae
1: wingless flat-bodied blood-sucking insects [syn: {Cimicidae}]
family circle
1: rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats [syn: {second balcony}, {upper balcony}, {peanut gallery}]
family Cistaceae
1: shrubs or woody herbs of temperate regions especially Mediterranean [syn: {Cistaceae}, {rockrose family}]
family Clethraceae
1: coextensive with the genus Clethra [syn: {Clethraceae}, {white-alder family}]
family Clinidae
1: viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas [syn: {Clinidae}]
family Clusiaceae
1: widely distributed family of chiefly tropical trees and shrubs and vines that produce oils and resins and some usable timber [syn: {Guttiferae}, {family Guttiferae}, {Clusiaceae}, {St John's wort f...
family Coerebidae
1: the honeycreepers [syn: {Coerebidae}, {Dacninae}, {family Dacninae}]
family Colchicaceae
1: one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted: Colchicum; Gloriosa [syn: {Colchicaceae}]
family Colubridae
1: nonvenomous snakes; about two-thirds of all living species [syn: {Colubridae}]
family Combretaceae
1: a family of tropical trees and shrubs of the order Myrtales [syn: {Combretaceae}, {combretum family}]
family Commelinaceae
1: large widely distributed family of chiefly perennial herbs or climbers: spiderworts [syn: {Commelinaceae}, {spiderwort family}]
family Compositae
1: plants with heads composed of many florets: aster; daisy; dandelion; goldenrod; marigold; lettuces; ragweed; sunflower; thistle; zinnia [syn: {Compositae}, {Asteraceae}, {family Asteraceae}, {aster...
family Connaraceae
1: mostly tropical climbing shrubs or small trees; closely related to Leguminosae [syn: {Connaraceae}, {zebrawood family}]
family Convallariaceae
1: one of many subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted [syn: {Convallariaceae}]
family Convolvulaceae
1: morning glory; bindweed; sweet potato; plants having trumpet-shaped flowers and a climbing or twining habit [syn: {Convolvulaceae}, {morning-glory family}]
family Coprinaceae
1: used in some classifications for the genus Coprinus [syn: {Coprinaceae}]
family Cordaitaceae
1: chiefly Paleozoic plants; Cordaites is the chief and typical genus [syn: {Cordaitaceae}]
family Cordylidae
1: small family of spiny ovoviviparous African lizards [syn: {Cordylidae}]
family Coregonidae
1: soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae [syn: {Coregonidae}]
family Cornaceae
1: a rosid dicot family of the order Umbellales including: genera Aucuba; Cornus; Corokia; Curtisia; Griselinia; Helwingia [syn: {Cornaceae}, {dogwood family}]
family Corvidae
1: crow; raven; rook; jackdaw; chough; magpie; jay [syn: {Corvidae}]
family Corylaceae
1: used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus [syn: {Corylaceae}, {subfamily Corylaceae}]
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family Corynebacteriaceae
1: a large family of mostly gram-positive and aerobic and nonmotile rod-shaped bacteria of the order Eubacteriales [syn: {Corynebacteriaceae}]
family court
1: a court in some states in the United States that has jurisdiction over family disputes (especially those involving children) [syn: {domestic relations court}, {court of domestic relations}]
family Cracticidae
1: Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae [syn: {Cracticidae}]
family Cricetidae
1: mostly small New World rodents including New World mice and lemmings and voles and hamsters [syn: {Cricetidae}]
family Cruciferae
1: plants with four-petaled flowers [syn: {Cruciferae}, {Brassicaceae}, {family Brassicaceae}, {mustard family}]
family Cryptogrammataceae
1: one of a number of families into which the family Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems [syn: {Cryptogrammataceae}]
family Cucurbitaceae
1: a family of herbaceous vines (such cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin) [syn: {Cucurbitaceae}, {gourd family}]
family Cunoniaceae
1: trees or shrubs or climbers; mostly southern hemisphere [syn: {Cunoniaceae}, {cunonia family}]
family Cupressaceae
1: cypresses and junipers and many cedars [syn: {Cupressaceae}, {cypress family}]
family Cycadaceae
1: ancient palmlike plants closely related to ferns in that fertilization is by means of spermatozoids [syn: {Cycadaceae}, {cycad family}]
family Cyperaceae
1: bulrush; chufa; cotton grass; papyrus; umbrella plant [syn: {Cyperaceae}, {sedge family}]
family Cypraeidae
1: family of marine gastropods comprising the cowries [syn: {Cypraeidae}]
family Cyprinidae
1: a family of fish including: carp; tench; roach; rudd; dace [syn: {Cyprinidae}]
family Cyprinodontidae
1: large family of small soft-finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies [syn: {Cyprinodontidae}]
family Cyrilliaceae
1: shrubs and trees with leathery leaves and small white flowers in racemes: genera Cyrilla and Cliftonia [syn: {Cyrilliaceae}, {cyrilla family}, {titi family}]
family Dacninae
1: the honeycreepers [syn: {Coerebidae}, {family Coerebidae}, {Dacninae}]
family Dacrymycetaceae
1: a family of basidiomycetous fungi belonging to the order Tremellales having a bifurcate basidium that lacks septa [syn: {Dacrymycetaceae}]
family Danaidae
1: small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies [syn: {Danaidae}]
family Dasyuridae
1: dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils [syn: {Dasyuridae}, {family Dasyurinae}]
family Dasyurinae
1: dasyures; native cats; pouched mice; banded anteaters; Tasmanian devils [syn: {Dasyuridae}, {family Dasyuridae}]
family Davalliaceae
1: one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems [syn: {Davalliaceae}]
family Dematiaceae
1: family of imperfect mushrooms having dark-colored hyphae or conidia [syn: {Dematiaceae}]
family Dennstaedtiaceae
1: one of a number of families into which Polypodiaceae has been subdivided in some classification systems [syn: {Dennstaedtiaceae}]
family Diapensiaceae
1: north temperate low evergreen plants; in some classifications placed in its own order Diapensiales [syn: {Diapensiaceae}, {diapensia family}]
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