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TYRANNI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers
Synonyms:
suborder Tyranni; Tyranni
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Tyranni" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Tyranni"):
tyrannid (a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni)
superfamily Tyrannidae; Tyrannidae (New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada)
family Pipridae; Pipridae (manakins)
family Furnariidae; Furnariidae (e.g. ovenbirds)
family Formicariidae; Formicariidae (antbirds)
Dendrocolaptidae; family Dendrocolaptidae (woodhewers or woodcreepers)
Holonyms ("Tyranni" is a member of...):
order Passeriformes; Passeriformes (largest order of birds comprising about half the known species; rooks; finches; sparrows; tits; warblers; robins; wrens; swallows; etc.; the four suborders are Eurylaimi and Tyranni and Menurae and Oscines or Passeres)
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