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Cracticidae

noun

Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae

• Syn: ↑family Cracticidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

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

• Member Meronyms:

↑Australian magpie, ↑Cracticus, ↑genus Cracticus, ↑Strepera, ↑genus Strepera, ↑Gymnorhina, ↑genus Gymnorhina

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\\krakˈtisəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Cracticus, type genus (from Greek kraktikos noisy, from assumed Greek kraktos, verbal of Greek krazein to croak) — + Greek -ikos -ic + -idae — more at rook

: a small family of Australasian oscine birds that were formerly included in the family Laniidae — see strepera

Useful english dictionary. 2012.