ˌtrākēəˈfōˌnē, trəˌkē- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from trache- + Greek phōnē sound, voice — more at ban
in former classifications : a group comprising clamatorial birds with the syrinx thin-walled and tracheal, the syringeal muscles few, and the semirings few and thin and including the families Dendrocolaptidae, Formicariidae, and Conopophagidae
• tra·cheo·phone ˈtrākēəˌfōn, trəˈk- adjective or noun