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Ptilonorhynchidae

noun

bowerbirds

• Syn: ↑family Ptilonorhynchidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres

• Member Meronyms: ↑bowerbird, ↑catbird, ↑Ptilonorhynchus, ↑genus Ptilonorhynchus, ↑Chlamydera, ↑genus Chlamydera

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\\ˌtilənōˈriŋkəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Ptilonorhynchus, type genus (from Greek ptilon feather, down + -rhynchus) + -idae

: a family of passerine birds that comprises the bowerbirds and is often included as a subfamily in Paradiseidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.