Troglodytidae

plural noun

Trog·​lo·​dyt·​i·​dae

: a family of passerine birds consisting of the wrens, formerly including also the thrashers, mockingbirds, and related forms and sometimes being made a subfamily of Timaliidae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Troglodytes, type genus + -idae

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