BOMBYCILLIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bombycillidae mean? 

• BOMBYCILLIDAE (noun)
  The noun BOMBYCILLIDAE has 1 sense:

1. a family of birds of the suborder Oscines

  Familiarity information: BOMBYCILLIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOMBYCILLIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of birds of the suborder Oscines

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bombycillidae; family Bombycillidae

Hypernyms ("Bombycillidae" 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 "Bombycillidae"):

Bombycilla; genus bombycilla (waxwings)

Holonyms ("Bombycillidae" is a member of...):

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