noun
bowerbirds
• Syn: ↑family Ptilonorhynchidae
• Hypernyms: ↑bird family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres
• Member Meronyms: ↑bowerbird, ↑catbird, ↑Ptilonorhynchus, ↑genus Ptilonorhynchus, ↑Chlamydera, ↑genus Chlamydera
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\\ˌtilənōˈriŋkəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Ptilonorhynchus, type genus (from Greek ptilon feather, down + -rhynchus) + -idae
: a family of passerine birds that comprises the bowerbirds and is often included as a subfamily in Paradiseidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.