Icteridae

plural noun

Ic·​ter·​i·​dae

ikˈterəˌdē

: a large family of American oscine birds comprising the orioles, the American blackbirds, the bobolinks, and the meadowlarks and having nine primaries, a sharp conical bill, and no rictal bristles

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Icterus, type genus + -idae

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