| Noun | 1. | Cracticidae - Australian birds formerly included in the family Laniidae bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds Australian magpie - black-and-white oscine birds that resemble magpies Cracticus, genus Cracticus - type genus of the Cracticidae: Australian butcherbirds genus Strepera, Strepera - bell magpies genus Gymnorhina, Gymnorhina - in some classifications placed in the family Laniidae: Australian piping crows |