MALACONOTINAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Malaconotinae mean? 

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

1. an African bush shrikes

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MALACONOTINAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An African bush shrikes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Malaconotinae; subfamily Malaconotinae

Hypernyms ("Malaconotinae" 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 "Malaconotinae"):

bush shrike (an African shrike)

Chlorophoneus; genus Chlorophoneus (a genus of Malaconotinae)

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

family Laniidae; Laniidae (shrikes)