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    FAMILY MOTACILLIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Pipits and wagtailsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Motacillidae; Motacillidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Motacillidae" 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 Motacillidae"):

    genus Motacilla; Motacilla (type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails)

    Anthus; genus Anthus (pipits)

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

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

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