SUPERFAMILY TYRANNIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superfamily Tyrannidae mean? 

• SUPERFAMILY TYRANNIDAE (noun)
  The noun SUPERFAMILY TYRANNIDAE has 1 sense:

1. New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada

  Familiarity information: SUPERFAMILY TYRANNIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERFAMILY TYRANNIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

superfamily Tyrannidae; Tyrannidae

Hypernyms ("superfamily Tyrannidae" 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 "superfamily Tyrannidae"):

flycatcher; New World flycatcher; tyrant bird; tyrant flycatcher (large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing)

genus Tyrannus; Tyrannus (type genus of the Tyrannidae: tyrant flycatchers)

Contopus; genus Contopus (pewees)

genus Sayornis; Sayornis (phoebes)

genus Pyrocephalus; Pyrocephalus (a genus of Tyrannidae)

Cotingidae; family Cotingidae (cotingas; umbrella birds)

family Pittidae; Pittidae (pittas)

genus Muscivora; Muscivora (a genus of Tyrannidae)

Holonyms ("superfamily Tyrannidae" is a member of...):

suborder Tyranni; Tyranni (New World flycatchers; antbirds; oven birds; woodhewers)