noun
babblers
• Syn: ↑family Timaliidae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres
• Member Meronyms: ↑Timalia, ↑genus Timalia
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\\ˌtiməˈlīəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of passerine birds comprising usually a variety of forms not all of which may be closely related but having as typical representatives a group of babblers that are commonly isolated in a distinct subfamily and are characterized by short rounded wings with large outer primary, a bill like that of a thrush, and unspotted young
Useful english dictionary. 2012.