Definition of Family Bombycillidae

1. Noun. A family of birds of the suborder Oscines.

Exact synonyms: Bombycillidae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Oscines, Passeres, Suborder Oscines, Suborder Passeres
Member holonyms: Bombycilla, Genus Bombycilla

Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Bombycillidae

family Belostomatidae
family Bennettitaceae
family Berberidaceae
family Betulaceae
family Bible
family Bignoniaceae
family Bittacidae
family Blastodiaceae
family Blattidae
family Blechnaceae
family Blenniidae
family Boidae
family Boletaceae
family Bombacaceae
family Bombycidae
family Bombycillidae (current term)
family Bombyliidae
family Boraginaceae
family Bothidae
family Bovidae
family Bradypodidae
family Bramidae
family Branchiobdellidae
family Branchiostegidae
family Branchiostomidae
family Brevicipitidae
family Bromeliaceae
family Brotulidae
family Bruchidae

Literary usage of Family Bombycillidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Birds of the Kansas City Region by Harry Harris (1919)
"It has been seen feeding about the Swope Park lakes during summer and no doubt nests in the park. Family BOMBYCILLIDAE. Waxwings. BOMBYCILLA GARRULA (Linn. ..."

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