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happy family

British  

noun

  1. another name for grey-crowned babbler

  2. another name for apostle bird

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The poster and key image from the film is a smiling snapshot of Mihai and Lisbet with their children, a seemingly happy family.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

“Minotaur”: A sly, slow-burning murder story with black-comic elements peers into the life of a seemingly happy family in a small town in Russia in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

"Behind all the happy family pictures are children - and adults - who've had big meltdowns," she says.

From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025

I was flummoxed, in part because they read like a Mad Lib of happy family keywords, but also because the existence of “my baby” would have been news to me.

From Slate ● Jul. 16, 2025

The robot adopted the gosling as her son, and together they made a funny little happy family.

From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown

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