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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
In some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers
Synonyms:
family Sylviidae; Sylviidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Sylviidae" 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 Sylviidae"):
genus Polioptila; Polioptila (New World gnatcatchers)
genus Regulus; Regulus (a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets)
Old World warbler; true warbler (small active brownish or greyish Old World birds)
genus Silvia; Silvia (type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers)
genus Phylloscopus; Phylloscopus (warblers)
Acrocephalus; genus Acrocephalus; genus Prinia; Prinia (a genus of Sylviidae)
genus Orthotomus; Orthotomus (tailorbirds)
Holonyms ("family Sylviidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
