Akademik

Acanthisittidae

noun

alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens

• Syn: ↑Xenicidae, ↑family Xenicidae, ↑family Acanthisittidae

• Hypernyms: ↑bird family

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑New Zealand wren, ↑Xenicus, ↑genus Xenicus, ↑Acanthisitta, ↑genus Acanthisitta

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\\əˌkan(t)thəˈsid.əˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Acanthisitta, type genus (from Greek akanthis goldfinch, linnet + sitta nuthatch) + -idae

: a family (type genus Acanthisitta) of passerine New Zealand birds including the rock wren, rifleman bird, and certain related birds

Useful english dictionary. 2012.