family acanthisittidae

English Thesaurus

1. alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bird family,
definition	:	a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	new zealand wren,
definition	:	birds of New Zealand that resemble wrens (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus xenicus, xenicus,
definition	:	type genus for the Xenicidae (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	acanthisitta, genus acanthisitta,
definition	:	a genus of Xenicidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	oscines, passeres, suborder oscines, suborder passeres,
definition	:	two names for the suborder of typical songbirds (noun.animal)