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BOMBYCILLIDAE

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Meaning:

A family of birds of the suborder Oscines

Synonyms:

Bombycillidae; family Bombycillidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Bombycillidae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Bombycillidae"):

Bombycilla; genus bombycilla (waxwings)

Holonyms ("Bombycillidae" is a member of...):

Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)

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