FAMILY XENICIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Xenicidae mean? 

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

1. alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY XENICIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acanthisittidae; family Acanthisittidae; family Xenicidae; Xenicidae

Hypernyms ("family Xenicidae" 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 Xenicidae"):

New Zealand wren (birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens)

genus Xenicus; Xenicus (type genus for the Xenicidae)

Acanthisitta; genus Acanthisitta (a genus of Xenicidae)

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

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