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SUPERFAMILY TYRANNIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada
Synonyms:
superfamily Tyrannidae; Tyrannidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("superfamily Tyrannidae" 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 "superfamily Tyrannidae"):
flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)
genus Tyrannus; Tyrannus (type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers)
Contopus; genus Contopus (pewees)
genus Sayornis; Sayornis (phoebes)
genus Pyrocephalus; Pyrocephalus (a genus of Tyrannidae)
Cotingidae; family Cotingidae (cotingas; umbrella birds)
family Pittidae; Pittidae (pittas)
genus Muscivora; Muscivora (a genus of Tyrannidae)
Holonyms ("superfamily Tyrannidae" is a member of...):
suborder Tyranni; Tyranni (New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers)
