FAMILY TURDIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae

Synonyms:

family Turdidae; Turdidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Turdidae" 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 Turdidae"):

thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)

genus Turdus; Turdus (type genus of the Turdidae)

genus Hylocichla; Hylocichla (American thrush: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veery)

genus Luscinia; Luscinia (nightingales)

genus Saxicola; Saxicola (Old World chats)

genus Myadestes; Myadestes (solitaires)

genus Phoenicurus; Phoenicurus (Old World thrushes)

genus Oenanthe; Oenanthe (wheatears)

Erithacus; genus Erithacus (Old World thrushes)

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

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