SYLVIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sylviidae mean? 

• SYLVIIDAE (noun)
  The noun SYLVIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SYLVIIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

In some classifications considered a subfamily (Sylviinae) of the family Muscicapidae: Old World (true) warblers; American kinglets and gnatcatchers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Sylviidae; Sylviidae

Hypernyms ("Sylviidae" 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 "Sylviidae"):

genus Polioptila; Polioptila (New World gnatcatchers)

genus Regulus; Regulus (a genus of birds of the family Sylviidae including kinglets)

Old World warbler; true warbler (small active brownish or greyish Old World birds)

genus Silvia; Silvia (type genus of the Sylviidae: warblers)

genus Phylloscopus; Phylloscopus (warblers)

Acrocephalus; genus Acrocephalus; genus Prinia; Prinia (a genus of Sylviidae)

genus Orthotomus; Orthotomus (tailorbirds)

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

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