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Sittidae

noun

nuthatches

• Syn: ↑family Sittidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Oscines, ↑suborder Oscines, ↑Passeres, ↑suborder Passeres

• Member Meronyms: ↑nuthatch, ↑nutcracker, ↑Sitta, ↑genus Sitta

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\\ˈsid.əˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sitta, type genus + -idae

: a family of passerine birds consisting of the nuthatches and formerly regarded as a subfamily of Paridae or of Certhiidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.