| Noun | 1. | family Cinclidae - water ouzels 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 water ouzel, dipper - small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom Cinclus, genus Cinclus - type genus of the family Cinclidae |