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Laniidae

noun

shrikes

• Syn: ↑family Laniidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑shrike, ↑Lanius, ↑genus Lanius, ↑Malaconotinae, ↑subfamily Malaconotinae

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\\ləˈnīəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of dentirostral oscine birds consisting of the true shrikes and various related birds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.