family Laniidae
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Noun | 1. | family Laniidae - shrikes bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds shrike - any of numerous Old World birds having a strong hooked bill that feed on smaller animals genus Lanius, Lanius - type genus of the Laniidae: typical shrikes Malaconotinae, subfamily Malaconotinae - an African bush shrikes |
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