Meropidae

plural noun

Me·​rop·​i·​dae

: a family of chiefly tropical usually brightly colored gregarious birds that nest in holes in the ground and constitute a distinct suborder of Coraciiformes see bee-eater, merops

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Merop-, Merops, type genus + -idae

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