XENICIDAE

Meaning of XENICIDAE in English

zəˈnisəˌdē

Etymology: New Latin, from Xenicus, genus of passerine birds (from Greek xenikos of a stranger or foreigner, from xenos guest, stranger + -ikos -ic) + -idae

synonym of acanthisittidae

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

XENICIDAE — formerly Acanthisittidae, bird family of the order Passeriformes; its members are commonly known as New Zealand wrens. The three living …
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XENICIDAE — wrens
Animal names in Latin and English vocab
WREN — family name Troglodytidae, any of 59 species of small, chunky, brownish birds (order Passeriformes). The family originated in the Western …
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ROCK WREN — New Zealand bird belonging to the family Xenicidae (q.v.); also, a true wren of North America (Salpinctes obsoletus; see wren).
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RIFLEMAN — a New Zealand wren of the family Xenicidae (q.v.).
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Webster's New International English Dictionary

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