FAMILY MIMIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers

Synonyms:

family Mimidae; Mimidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Mimidae" 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 Mimidae"):

genus Mimus; Mimus (type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds)

genus Melanotis; Melanotis (a genus of Mimidae)

Dumetella; genus Dumetella (catbirds)

genus Toxostoma; Toxostoma (thrashers)

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

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