FAMILY MOTACILLIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Motacillidae mean? 

• FAMILY MOTACILLIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY MOTACILLIDAE has 1 sense:

1. pipits and wagtails

  Familiarity information: FAMILY MOTACILLIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY MOTACILLIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pipits and wagtails

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Motacillidae; Motacillidae

Hypernyms ("family Motacillidae" 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 "family Motacillidae"):

genus Motacilla; Motacilla (type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails)

Anthus; genus Anthus (pipits)

Holonyms ("family Motacillidae" is a member of...):

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