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Noun: family Bombycillidae
  1. A family of birds of the suborder Oscines, it includes waxwings, silky flycatchers, and the grey hypocolius of Southwest Asia (Bombycillidae)
    - Bombycillidae

Type of: bird family

Part of: Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres