Timeliidaen.
/tʌɪˈmiːlɪᵻdiː/, U.S. /taɪˈmiljədi/, /taɪˈmiliədi/ Ornithology (now historical and rare).
The family of songbirds that comprises the babblers (now called Timaliidae). Cf. Timelia n.
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Timeliidae1880
1880 Proc. Zool. Soc. 6 Jan. 14 The absence of small birds from the collection is remarkable, the interesting family of the Timeliidæ being, with the exception of the larger genera Garrulax, Trochalopteron, &c., entirely unrepresented.
1915 Amer. Museum Jrnl. 15 283 Some of the ‘babblers’ (family Timeliidae) and true thrushes recall the ‘ant-thrushes’ of South America by their dull colours and terrestrial habits.
1959 Condor 61 53 The species [sc. Chamaea fasciata] has been placed in such different groups as the ‘Toxostominae’, Troglodytidae, Paridae, and ‘Timeliidae’ by various older authors.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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