Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun A taxonomic
family within theorder Passeriformes — the cuckooshrikes.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Campephaga + -idae
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Campephagidae.
Examples
-
In the eastern hemisphere, also, we have the babbling-thrushes (Timaliidae), the cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae), the honey-suckers (Meliphagidae), and several other smaller groups which are certainly not coloured above the average standard of temperate birds.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.