| 释义 |
ty·ran·ni·dae
\tə̇ˈranəˌdē, tīˈr-\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Tyrannus, type genus + -idae
: a large exclusively American family of birds that are most numerous in So. and Central America but well represented in the United States and Canada, comprise the tyrant flycatchers, are mostly strictly insectivorous and take their prey on the wing, have a flattened bill often hooked at the tip and usually bristly at the gape, and with the pittas, cotingas, and related birds constitute a superfamily of the suborder Tyranni |