- family Muscicapidae
- nounOld World (true) flycatchers• Syn: ↑Muscicapidae• Hypernyms: ↑bird family• Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres• Member Meronyms:
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family Muscicapidae
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Muscicapidae — prop. n. A natural family of Old World (true) flycatchers. Syn: family {Muscicapidae}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Muscicapidae — noun Old World (true) flycatchers • Syn: ↑family Muscicapidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Sylviidae — noun in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers • Syn: ↑Sylviidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
family Turdidae — noun thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae • Syn: ↑Turdidae • Hypernyms: ↑bird family • Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Muscicapidae — ▪ bird family family of songbirds (songbird) in the order Passeriformes (passeriform). Considered in the narrow sense, the family is thought to include the Old World flycatchers (flycatcher) (subfamily Muscicapinae) and the wattle eyes (wattle… … 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
Old World flycatcher — For other uses of the term flycatcher, see Flycatcher (disambiguation). Old World Flycatchers White eyed Slaty Flycatcher, Melaenornis fischeri Scientific classification … 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
White-bellied Blue Robin — Illustration by Joseph Smit (1867) Conservation status … Wikipedia
Nilgiri Blue Robin — M. major Conservation status … Wikipedia
