cracticidae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Cracticidae*:
NOUN	animal	Cracticidae, family Cracticidae	Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae

English > *Cracticidae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae.
Synonym	family Cracticidae
Member of	Oscines, suborder Oscines, Passeres, suborder Passeres	Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
Members	Australian magpie	Black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies
	Cracticus, genus Cracticus	type genus of the Cracticidae
	Gymnorhina, genus Gymnorhina	In some classifications placed in the family Laniidae
	Strepera, genus Strepera	bell magpies
Broader	bird family	A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

HyperDic: cracticidae