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FAMILY MOTACILLIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Pipits and wagtails

Synonyms:

family Motacillidae; Motacillidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Motacillidae" 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 "family Motacillidae"):

genus Motacilla; Motacilla (type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails)

Anthus; genus Anthus (pipits)

Holonyms ("family Motacillidae" is a member of...):

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

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