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MIMIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers
Synonyms:
family Mimidae; Mimidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Mimidae" 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 "Mimidae"):
genus Mimus; Mimus (type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds)
genus Melanotis; Melanotis (a genus of Mimidae)
Dumetella; genus Dumetella (catbirds)
genus Toxostoma; Toxostoma (thrashers)
Holonyms ("Mimidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)