ˈtərdəˌdē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Turdus + -idae
: a widely distributed family of singing birds (suborder Passeres) containing the true thrushes and a greater or lesser number of related birds (as often the bluebirds, wheatears, stonechats, Old World warblers, Old World redstarts, solitaires, and water ouzels, and the mockingbirds and thrashers)