Noun | 1. | family Raphidae - extinct dodos and solitaires bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Columbiformes, order Columbiformes - sand grouse; pigeons; doves; extinct dodos and solitaires genus Raphus, Raphus - type genus of the Raphidae: dodos genus Pezophaps, Pezophaps - constituted by the extinct solitaire |