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CRACTICIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae

Synonyms:

Cracticidae; family Cracticidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Cracticidae" 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 "Cracticidae"):

Australian magpie (black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies)

Cracticus; genus Cracticus (type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds)

genus Strepera; Strepera (bell magpies)

genus Gymnorhina; Gymnorhina (in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows)

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

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

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