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Muscicapidae

noun

Old World (true) flycatchers

• Syn: ↑family Muscicapidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

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

• Member Meronyms:

↑Old World flycatcher, ↑true flycatcher, ↑flycatcher, ↑Muscicapa, ↑genus Muscicapa, ↑Pachycephala, ↑genus Pachycephala, ↑Turdinae, ↑subfamily Turdinae, ↑Sylviinae, ↑subfamily Sylviinae

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\\ˌməsəˈkapəˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a very large family of oscine passerine birds consisting of the Old World or true flycatchers and sometimes including also the thrushes, warblers, and babblers

Useful english dictionary. 2012.