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TURDIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae
Synonyms:
family Turdidae; Turdidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Turdidae" 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 "Turdidae"):
thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)
genus Turdus; Turdus (type genus of the Turdidae)
genus Hylocichla; Hylocichla (American thrush: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veery)
genus Luscinia; Luscinia (nightingales)
genus Saxicola; Saxicola (Old World chats)
genus Myadestes; Myadestes (solitaires)
genus Phoenicurus; Phoenicurus (Old World thrushes)
genus Oenanthe; Oenanthe (wheatears)
Erithacus; genus Erithacus (Old World thrushes)
Holonyms ("Turdidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
