family Turdidae

Thesaurus

Noun

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family Turdidae - thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family MuscicapidaeTurdidaebird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wingsOscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirdsthrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breastgenus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidaegenus Hylocichla, Hylocichla - American thrush: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veerygenus Luscinia, Luscinia - nightingalesgenus Saxicola, Saxicola - Old World chatsgenus Myadestes, Myadestes - solitairesgenus Phoenicurus, Phoenicurus - Old World thrushesgenus Oenanthe, Oenanthe - wheatearsErithacus, genus Erithacus - Old World thrushes