family Bombycillidae

family Bombycillidae
noun
a family of birds of the suborder Oscines
Syn: ↑Bombycillidae
Hypernyms: ↑bird family
Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres
Member Meronyms: ↑Bombycilla, ↑genus bombycilla

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