Tyrannidae

noun

New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada

• Syn: ↑superfamily Tyrannidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tyranni, ↑suborder Tyranni

• Member Meronyms:

↑New World flycatcher, ↑flycatcher, ↑tyrant flycatcher, ↑tyrant bird, ↑Tyrannus, ↑genus Tyrannus, ↑Contopus, ↑genus Contopus, ↑Sayornis, ↑genus Sayornis, ↑Pyrocephalus, ↑genus Pyrocephalus, ↑Cotingidae, ↑family Cotingidae, ↑Pittidae, ↑family Pittidae, ↑Muscivora, ↑genus Muscivora

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\\tə̇ˈranəˌdē, tīˈr-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Tyrannus, type genus + -idae

: a large exclusively American family of birds that are most numerous in So. and Central America but well represented in the United States and Canada, comprise the tyrant flycatchers, are mostly strictly insectivorous and take their prey on the wing, have a flattened bill often hooked at the tip and usually bristly at the gape, and with the pittas, cotingas, and related birds constitute a superfamily of the suborder Tyranni

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Tyrannˈidae plural noun

The tyrant bird family

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Main Entry: ↑tyrant