Definition of Malaconotinae

1. Noun. An African bush shrikes.

Exact synonyms: Subfamily Malaconotinae
Generic synonyms: Bird Family
Group relationships: Family Laniidae, Laniidae
Member holonyms: Bush Shrike, Chlorophoneus, Genus Chlorophoneus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Malaconotinae

Malabar kino
Malabar leprosy
Malabar nightshade
Malabar spinach
Malabarese
Malabarian
Malabo
Malacanthidae
Malacarne
Malacarne's space
Malacca
Malachi
Malachias
Malaclemys
Malaclemys centrata
Malaconotinae
Malacosoma
Malacosoma americana
Malacosoma disstria
Malacothamnus
Malacothamnus fasciculatus
Malacozoic
Malaga
Malagan
Malagans
Malagash
Malagashes
Malagasies
Malagasy
Malagasy Republic

Literary usage of Malaconotinae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederic Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1899)
"... it is perhaps shortest in the malaconotinae, where—as in all the Family—the scutes tend more or less to fuse. ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"In mineral., an altered and somewhat hydrated zircon, having a hardness inferior to that of the original mineral. malaconotinae(mal*akô-nô- ..."

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