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FAMILY MUSCICAPIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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Meaning:

Old World (true) flycatchers

Synonyms:

family Muscicapidae; Muscicapidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Muscicapidae" 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 Muscicapidae"):

flycatcher; Old World flycatcher; true flycatcher (any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing)

genus Muscicapa; Muscicapa (type genus of the Muscicapidae)

genus Pachycephala; Pachycephala (arboreal insectivorous birds)

subfamily Turdinae; Turdinae (alternative classification for the thrushes)

subfamily Sylviinae; Sylviinae (alternative classification for the Old World warblers)

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

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

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