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MOTACILLIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Motacillidae mean?
• MOTACILLIDAE (noun)
The noun MOTACILLIDAE has 1 sense:
1. pipits and wagtails
Familiarity information: MOTACILLIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pipits and wagtails
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Motacillidae; Motacillidae
Hypernyms ("Motacillidae" 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 "Motacillidae"):
genus Motacilla; Motacilla (type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails)
Anthus; genus Anthus (pipits)
Holonyms ("Motacillidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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