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    FAMILY ICTERIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    American orioles; American blackbirds; bobolinks; meadowlarksplay

    Synonyms:

    family Icteridae; Icteridae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Icteridae" is a kind of...):

    bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

    Meronyms (members of "family Icteridae"):

    American oriole; New World oriole; oriole (American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow)

    genus Icterus; Icterus (type genus of the Icteridae)

    genus Sturnella; Sturnella (a genus of passerine birds including the meadowlarks)

    Cacicus; genus Cacicus (a genus of tropical American orioles)

    Dolichonyx; genus Dolichonyx (bobolinks)

    genus Quiscalus; Quiscalus (grackles)

    Euphagus; genus Euphagus (a genus of Icteridae)

    genus Molothrus; Molothrus (cowbirds)

    Agelaius; genus Agelaius (red-winged blackbirds)

    Holonyms ("family Icteridae" is a member of...):

    Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)

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