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Examples:wasp of the family Sphecidae—bird of the family Pachycephalidae—(long time) friend of the family—seniority in the family or clan—two simultaneous happy events in the family—Hirundinidae (the family of swallows and martins)—spoonbill (wading bird of the family Threskiornithidae)—within the bosom (of the family)—genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae—a gift of money the family of the deceased—Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression); Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen others' gossip.—the family... (when preceded by a family name)—virus of the family Bunyaviridae—position in the family hierarchy—fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)—stag beetle (generic term for the beetles in the family of lucanidae)—be the one in charge of the family—the bird family Corvidae (crows, jays, jackdaws and magpies)—the black sheep of the family—regulate the family and rule the state [idiom.]—support the family business [idiom.]—if the family lives in harmony all affairs will prosper [idiom.]—skate (cartilaginous fish belonging the family Rajidae)—Felidae (the cat family)—five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname)—Iricdaceae, the iris family—(in olden times) betrothal gift from the groom's family—Apodidae (the swift family)—lapis lazuli (mineral of the square albite family)—Tyrannosauridae, the dinosaur family containing Tyrannosaurus—Yakov Mikhailovich Sverdlov (1885-1919), Bolshevik organizer, ordered the murder of the Tsar's family in 1918, died of Spanish influenza—prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or indicate affection or familiarity—Labiatae, the taxonomic family including lavender, mint—fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation—fig. when one falls in disgrace the whole family is doomed— |