FAMILY LANIIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Shrikes

Synonyms:

family Laniidae; Laniidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Laniidae" 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 Laniidae"):

shrike (any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals)

genus Lanius; Lanius (type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes)

Malaconotinae; subfamily Malaconotinae (an African bush shrikes)

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

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