Tracheophonae

plural noun

Tra·​cheo·​pho·​nae

ˌtrākēəˈfōˌnē,

trəˌkē-

in former classifications

: a group comprising clamatorial birds with the syrinx thin-walled and tracheal, the syringeal muscles few, and the semirings few and thin and including the families Dendrocolaptidae, Formicariidae, and Conopophagidae

tracheophone

ˈtrākēəˌfōn

trəˈk-

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from trache- + Greek phōnē sound, voice

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