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Turdidae

noun

thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae

• Syn: ↑family Turdidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

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

• Member Meronyms:

↑thrush, ↑Turdus, ↑genus Turdus, ↑Hylocichla, ↑genus Hylocichla, ↑Luscinia, ↑genus Luscinia, ↑Saxicola, ↑genus Saxicola, ↑Myadestes, ↑genus Myadestes, ↑Phoenicurus, ↑genus Phoenicurus, ↑Oenanthe, ↑genus Oenanthe, ↑Erithacus, ↑genus Erithacus

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\\ˈtərdəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Turdus + -idae

: a widely distributed family of singing birds (suborder Passeres) containing the true thrushes and a greater or lesser number of related birds (as often the bluebirds, wheatears, stonechats, Old World warblers, Old World redstarts, solitaires, and water ouzels, and the mockingbirds and thrashers)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.