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LANIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Laniidae mean?
• LANIIDAE (noun)
The noun LANIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. shrikes
Familiarity information: LANIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrikes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Laniidae; Laniidae
Hypernyms ("Laniidae" 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 "Laniidae"):
shrike (any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals)
genus Lanius; Lanius (type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes)
Malaconotinae; subfamily Malaconotinae (an African bush shrikes)
Holonyms ("Laniidae" is a member of...):
Oscines; Passeres; suborder Oscines; suborder Passeres (two names for the suborder of typical songbirds)
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