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MIMIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mimidae mean? 

MIMIDAE (noun)
  The noun MIMIDAE has 1 sense:

1. sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashersplay

  Familiarity information: MIMIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MIMIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Mimidae; Mimidae

Hypernyms ("Mimidae" is a kind of...):

bird family (a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings)

Meronyms (members of "Mimidae"):

genus Mimus; Mimus (type genus of the family Mimidae: mockingbirds)

genus Melanotis; Melanotis (a genus of Mimidae)

Dumetella; genus Dumetella (catbirds)

genus Toxostoma; Toxostoma (thrashers)

Holonyms ("Mimidae" is a member of...):

Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)


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