English > superfamily Tyrannidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | New World tyrant flycatchers most numerous in Central America and South America but also in the United States and Canada. |
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| Synonym | Tyrannidae |
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| Member of | Tyranni, suborder Tyranni | New World flycatchers |
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| Members | Contopus, genus Contopus | pewees |
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| Cotingidae, family Cotingidae | cotingas |
| Muscivora, genus Muscivora | A genus of Tyrannidae |
| New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant flycatcher, tyrant bird | large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing |
| Pittidae, family Pittidae | pittas |
| Pyrocephalus, genus Pyrocephalus | A genus of Tyrannidae |
| Sayornis, genus Sayornis | phoebes |
| Tyrannus, genus Tyrannus | type genus of the Tyrannidae |
| Broader | bird family | A family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings |
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