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Eurylaimi

noun

broadbills

• Syn: ↑suborder Eurylaimi

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Passeriformes, ↑order Passeriformes

• Member Meronyms: ↑Eurylaimidae, ↑family Eurylaimidae

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\\ˌyu̇rəˈlīˌmī, -lāˌ-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Eurylaimus, included genus, from eury- + Greek laimos throat; perhaps akin to Old English lathian to invite — more at lure

: a suborder (coextensive with the family Eurylaimidae) of Passeriformes consisting of the broadbills

Useful english dictionary. 2012.