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    MUSCICAPIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Old World (true) flycatchersplay

    Synonyms:

    family Muscicapidae; Muscicapidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("Muscicapidae" 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 "Muscicapidae"):

    flycatcher; Old World flycatcher; true flycatcher (any of a large group of small songbirds that feed on insects taken on the wing)

    genus Muscicapa; Muscicapa (type genus of the Muscicapidae)

    genus Pachycephala; Pachycephala (arboreal insectivorous birds)

    subfamily Turdinae; Turdinae (alternative classification for the thrushes)

    subfamily Sylviinae; Sylviinae (alternative classification for the Old World warblers)

    Holonyms ("Muscicapidae" is a member of...):

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

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