- Group related by blood
- Kin
- spouses and children
- The collective body of persons who live in one house,
and under one head or manager; a household, including parents,
children, and servants, and, as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.
- The group comprising a husband and wife and their
dependent children, constituting a fundamental unit in the organization
of society.
- Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe,
clan, or race; kindred; house; as, the human family; the family of
Abraham; the father of a family.
- Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors;
lineage.
- Cower
- Cringe
- Game fowl
- pheasant kin
- Shrink with fear
- Shrink with fear from bird
- Small bird
- Complain pettily
- Game bird
- Ground-dwelling bird
- pheasant kin
- Wake up after midnight and complain
- Whinge about game
- Any of the numerous species of gallinaceous
birds of the family Tetraonidae, and subfamily Tetraoninae, inhabiting
Europe, Asia, and North America. They have plump bodies, strong,
well-feathered legs, and usually mottled plumage. The group includes
the ptarmigans (Lagopus), having feathered feet.