Bombycillidae — noun a family of birds of the suborder Oscines • Syn: ↑family Bombycillidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder … Useful english dictionary
Bombycillidae — ▪ bird family songbird family, order Passeriformes, that includes waxwings (see waxwing), the silky flycatchers (the best known of which is the phainopepla, Phainopepla nitens), and the little known gray hypocolius of southwest Asia. The… … Universalium
bird family — noun a family of warm blooded egg laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Struthionidae, ↑family Struthionidae, ↑Casuaridae, ↑family Casuaridae, ↑Apterygidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Seidenschwänze — Zedernseidenschwanz (Bombycilla cedrorum) Systematik Klasse: Vögel (Aves) Ordnung … Deutsch Wikipedia
passeriform — /pas euhr euh fawrm , peuh ser euh /, adj. of or pertaining to the order Passeriformes; passerine. [ < NL Passeriformes, equiv. to L passer sparrow + iformes IFORMES] * * * ▪ bird Introduction also called passerine or perching bird any… … Universalium
Oscines — noun two names for the suborder of typical songbirds • Syn: ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Passeriformes, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Passeres — noun two names for the suborder of typical songbirds • Syn: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑suborder Passeres • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Passeriformes, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
suborder Oscines — noun two names for the suborder of typical songbirds • Syn: ↑Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Passeriformes, ↑order Passeri … Useful english dictionary
suborder Passeres — noun two names for the suborder of typical songbirds • Syn: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Passeriformes, ↑order Passerifo … Useful english dictionary
waxwing — /waks wing /, n. any of several songbirds of the family Bombycillidae, having a showy crest and certain feathers tipped with a red, waxy material, as Bombycilla garrulus (Bohemian waxwing), of the Northern Hemisphere. [1810 20; WAX1 + WING] * * * … Universalium