krakˈtisəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Cracticus, type genus (from Greek kraktikos noisy, from assumed Greek kraktos, verbal of Greek krazein to croak) — + Greek -ikos -ic + -idae — more at rook
: a small family of Australasian oscine birds that were formerly included in the family Laniidae — see strepera