mimidae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Mimidae*:
NOUN	animal	Mimidae, family Mimidae	sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae

English > *Mimidae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	sometimes considered a subfamily of Troglodytidae: mockingbirds; catbirds; thrashers.
Synonym	family Mimidae
Member of	Oscines, suborder Oscines, Passeres, suborder Passeres	Two names for the suborder of typical songbirds
Members	Dumetella, genus Dumetella	catbirds
	Melanotis, genus Melanotis	A genus of Mimidae
	Mimus, genus Mimus	type genus of the family Mimidae
	Toxostoma, genus Toxostoma	thrashers
Broader	bird family	A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

HyperDic: mimidae