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Icteridae

noun

American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarks

• Syn: ↑family Icteridae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

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

• Member Meronyms:

↑New World oriole, ↑American oriole, ↑oriole, ↑Icterus, ↑genus Icterus, ↑Sturnella, ↑genus Sturnella, ↑Cacicus, ↑genus Cacicus, ↑Dolichonyx, ↑genus Dolichonyx, ↑Quiscalus, ↑genus Quiscalus, ↑Euphagus, ↑genus Euphagus, ↑Molothrus, ↑genus Molothrus, ↑Agelaius, ↑genus Agelaius

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\\ikˈterəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Icterus, type genus + -idae

: a large family of American oscine birds comprising the orioles, the American blackbirds, the bobolinks, and the meadowlarks and having nine primaries, a sharp conical bill, and no rictal bristles

Useful english dictionary. 2012.