Definition of Muscicapidae
:a very large family of oscine passerine birds consisting of the Old World or true flycatchers and sometimes including also the thrushes, warblers, and babblers
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plural noun
Mus·ci·cap·i·dae
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ˌməsəˈkapəˌdē
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Origin and Etymology of muscicapidae
New Latin, from Muscicapa, type genus + -idae
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